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Africa: Grant Boosts Joint Fight Against Neglected Diseases
Dec 21, 2006
by Ochieng' Ogodo
A US$46.7 million grant will boost efforts to combat five key neglected tropical diseases in developing countries through a large-scale and coordinated, rather than disease-specific, approach.
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) infect more than 500 million people in Africa, and over two billion globally are infected with at least one of the parasites or bacteria that cause them.
The grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced yesterday (19 December) will support efforts to coordinate and integrate programmes run by five global health organisations to combat the diseases.
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contributed by Olga Zhuykova on 21 December 2006
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