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Welcome to DNDi North America
Position Opening:
Director of DNDi North America
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DNDi North America Reaching Congress, NIH, Drug Companies
DNDi has been actively raising awareness this spring among U.S. Congress members, national health leaders, and pharmaceutical companies about the need for greater research and development for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which afflict millions in developing nations yet lack safe, effective, and affordable treatments.
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Controlling the Deadliest Neglected Diseases
In February 2010, the Obama Administration released its 2011 budget asking Congress to approve $155M for the treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), a $90M increase over 2010. But the deadliest NTDs are not currently a part of the US government's current initiatives.
DNDi and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are calling for the inclusion of deadly NTDs, such as sleeping sickness, visceral leishmaniasis and Chagas disease, in US government programs to control NTDs. Support for research and development of urgently needed new tools, such as safe, effective drugs, should also be included.
On Feb. 22, 2010, DNDi, MSF, and RTI held a briefing
on Capitol Hill to inform policymakers of this deadly neglect and the opportunities to save the lives of neglected people suffering from these diseases.
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Chagas Disease: Help Us End 100 Years of Neglect
Chagas disease, discovered more than 100 years ago, kills 14,000 people in Latin America every year – more than any other parasite-born disease, including malaria.
100 million people are at risk. Progress in treating patients is too little and too slow. Better treatments are urgently needed.
Join the global Chagas campaign today: http://www.treatchagas.org.
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North American News
July 7, 2010
Reuters
DNDi and TB Alliance Announce Groundbreaking Deal to Develop Anti-TB Compounds to Fight Neglected Diseases
March 30, 2010
Press Release
Congress to USAID: Give More R&D Funding for Neglected Disease Treatments
Nov 20, 2009
Press Release
DNDi Receives $15M from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Nov 18, 2009
Press Release
Pfizer and DNDi Advancing International Research Efforts in The Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases
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DNDi in the Media
March 31, 2010
Voice of America
Members of Congress Urge Spending Boost for Neglected Diseases
Oct 31, 2009
The Lancet
Trial Renews Interest in Chagas' Disease
Oct 8 - 14, 2009
Santa Monica Mirror
Breaking the Silence About Chagas Disease
Oct 6, 2009
British Medical Journal
Charity and drug company work together to develop cure for Chagas’ disease
Oct 1, 2009
Daily Bruin
Organizations Seek Support for Chagas Disease
Oct 1, 2009
Santa Monica Daily Press
Panel Tackles Pesky Disease
Sept 29, 2009
Financial Times
Eisai teams up with non-profit group
Sept
9, 2009
CBC “The Current”
Pandemic of Indecency
Sept 9, 2009
JAMA
A Century After Chagas Disease Discovery, Hurdles to Tackling the Infection Remain
Sept 8, 2009
Los Angeles Daily News
Chagas disease, a growing concern
Jul 7, 2009
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
New, Improved Treatments for Chagas Disease: From the R&D Pipeline to the Patients
Jul 4, 2009
The Lancet
Nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy...
Jun 22, 2009
Associated Press
Merck collaborates on tropical disease treatments
May 26, 2009
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Push to link medical research innovations to public good
May 15, 2009
The Guardian
New treatments raise hope of cutting sleeping sickness deaths
May 6, 2009
JAMA
Attention Sought for Neglected Diseases
Apr 23, 2009
Voice of America
Malaria Day on VOA's In Focus
Apr 20, 2009
Chemical and Engineering News
Paying Attention To Neglected Diseases
Feb 24, 2009
GlobalPost
When Two Drugs Are Less Deadly Than One
Dec 9, 2008
ScienceNOW Daily News
A One-Two Punch Against Sleeping Sickness
Oct, 2008
BBC World News
The Deadliest Disease
Feb 25, 2008
Fortune Magazine
A new approach to an old disease
Jan 8, 2008
New York Times
Jump-Start on Slow Trek to Treatment for a Disease
Mar 2, 2007
ABC News
Dr. Pecoul Named Person of the Week
Mar 28, 2007
Washington Post
A Dose of Innovation
Mar 1, 2007
New York Times
Low-Cost Antimalaria Pill Available
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