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Major push launched to stop 10 NTDs by 2020
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Major push launched to stop 10 NTDs by 2020

The world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, the US, UK and UAE governments, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and other global health organisations announced a new, coordinated push to...

1 February, 2012
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Why polio is so hard to eliminate – Chad
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Why polio is so hard to eliminate – Chad

Poor-quality emergency immunization campaigns and low routine polio immunization coverage are helping the polio virus to spread in Chad,🔒 Premium Content - For FreeUnlock this content by becoming a Global Health Press...

1 February, 2012
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African vaccine could help end malaria
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African vaccine could help end malaria

Dividing her days between treating malaria in Kenya’s coastal regions and administering the latest malaria vaccine prototype, Dr. Patricia Njuguna has high hopes for preventing a disease that annually claims more...

18 January, 2012
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Malaria deaths drop but future still uncertain
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Malaria deaths drop but future still uncertain

Malaria mortality rates have fallen by more than 25% globally since 2000, and by 33% in the WHO African Region, according to the World Malaria Report 2011, issued by the World Health Organization.🔒 Premium Content - For...

14 December, 2011
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China reports four imported polio cases
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China reports four imported polio cases

Four infants in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have been diagnosed with polio🔒 Premium Content - For FreeUnlock this content by becoming a Global Health Press subscriber. Join for exclusive...

31 August, 2011
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