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Current News

23 Feb 2009
United Nations Press Conference
Pécoul at the UN: "The time to wake up is now"

23 Feb 2009
Joint Press Release: DNDi and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
MSF and DNDi Call for Scale-Up of R&D for Neglected Diseases

Greater governmental leadership is needed to foster medical innovation for millions suffering from neglected diseases

23 Feb 2009

United Nations Headquarters, New York
United Nations Economic and Social Council Special Event on Philanthropy and the Global Public Health Agenda, New York, 23 February 2009
Panel: Raising the profile of neglected tropical diseases
Participant: Dr. Bernard Pecoul, Executive Director, DNDi (slides, text summary)


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Treatment News

NECT for Sleeping Sickness
Discover NECT, a new treatment for sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), a deadly disease that threatens 60 million in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Advocacy News

DNDi Supports Calls for Increased U.S. Global Health R&D Commitment

A number of organizations, including DNDi, are calling for the US government and the new Obama administration to increase support for global health and neglected diseases:

Dec 19, 2008
Global Health Technologies Coalition Letter
Transition Letter to President-Elect Barack Obama

Dec 17, 2008
FamiliesUSA Report
The World Can't Wait: More Funding Needed for Research on Neglected Infectious Diseases


Dec 17, 2008
Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report

The U.S. Commitment to Global Health: Recommendations for the New Administration


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DNDi in the News

May 6, 2009
JAMA
Attention Sought for 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


Recent Press Releases


Feb 23, 2009
MSF and DNDi Call for Scale-Up of R&D for Neglected Diseases

Jan 21, 2009

BioDelivery Sciences Announces Development Collaboration for Bioral Amphotericin B

Dec 11, 2008

SCYNEXIS and DNDi Extend Collaboration to Identify Drug Candidates to Treat Sleeping Sickness

Dec 9, 2008

Positive Results for Improved Treatment Against Sleeping Sickness


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