American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Deerfield, IL)
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), founded in 1903, is a worldwide organization of scientists, clinicians, and program professionals whose mission is to promote global health through the prevention and control of infectious and other diseases that disproportionately afflict the global poor. Research, health care and education are the central activities of ASTMH members, whose work bridges basic laboratory research to international field work and clinics to countrywide programs.
Website: http://www.astmh.org/
May 20
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Uganda: New Study Highlights Need to Continue Fight Against River Blindness [press release]
Researchers report onchocerciasis (river blindness) could make a comeback in Northwestern Uganda if annual drug distributions to fight the disease are stopped. The study, conducted... Read more »
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East Africa: Long-Term Mass Drug Treatment Can Eliminate River Blindness - Study [press release]
New research provides the first evidence in East Africa that long-term community-based drug treatment alone can interrupt transmission of onchocerciasis, a parasitic disease... Read more »
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Africa: New Rapid Diagnostic Test for Worm Infection [press release]
A new diagnostic test strip to rapidly detect lymphatic filariasis - also known as elephantiasis - in human blood has significant advantages over the standard card test that has... Read more »
November 13, 2012
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Africa: New Tool for Fight Against Malaria [press release]
Speaking at ASTMH Annual Meeting, researchers say breakthrough could make it much easier to evaluate new drugs and vaccines while also becoming a vaccine itself Read more »
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Africa: Polio Cases Rise in Nigeria, Drop Worldwide in 2012 [press release]
Polio cases worldwide reached historic lows in 2012, and for the first time there were no new outbreaks beyond countries already harboring the disease, leaving researchers... Read more »
July 03, 2012
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Africa: Studies Offer Fresh Insight From Malaria Prevention Efforts
A pair of provocative studies in the July 2012 issue of The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (AJTMH) provides a window into the intense ground war now underway... Read more »
December 09, 2011
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Africa: Researchers Say Global HIV/AIDS Fight Overlooking Role of Tropical Diseases [press release]
Tropical Disease Experts See Opportunity to Transform Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS and Malaria to “Audacious” Effort to Control Neglected Diseases. Read more »
October 10, 2011
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Africa: Malaria on the Continent Can Be Eliminated [column]
A concerted effort to control malaria in Africa has produced dramatic reductions in childhood death in the past decade. This early success has prompted the global community to... Read more »
October 05, 2011
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Africa: Scientists Determine Compound Dramatically Reduces Malaria Transmission [press release]
(Deerfield, Ill., USA – October 5, 2011) Indoor spraying with the insecticide bendiocarb has dramatically decreased malaria transmission in many parts of Benin, new... Read more »
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