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Manthan 2026 concludes successfully, advancing dialogue on India's Clinica
Updated : 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20: Manthan 2026, a Research & Development Leadership Symposium, concluded successfully at Novotel, Mumbai. The insightful day-long symposium brought together eminent voices, leaders, and experts from across India's life sciences and clinical research ecosystem to
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UAE marks 35 years of fighting neglected tropical diseases
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The UAE has been at the forefront of global efforts to combat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) for 35 years, a commitment that began in 1990 when the UAE's Founding Father, the late Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, donated USD 5.77 million to The Carter Centre in support of efforts to eradicate
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Foundation for Neglected Disease Research, Bangalore and Blockchain For Im
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], March 13: Foundation for Neglected Disease Research (FNDR) Bangalore and Blockchain For Impact (BFI) announced an impact driven partnership under the BFI-Biome Virtual Network Program, aimed at advancing healthcare in India. BFI aims to allocate 300,000 USD to
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"Two-thirds of total patients of NTDs are in India": Former DG of ICMR
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In view of the increased number of NTDs in India, Nirmal Kumar Ganguly, former director general of the ICMR, said that there are 172 million patients with NTDs worldwide, of which India has the highest number of patients.
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WHO South-East Asia to strengthen regional collaboration to innovate, expa
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Member countries deliberated on strengthening comprehensive actions for the prevention and control of cardiovascular disease, elimination of neglected tropical diseases, enhancing regional health security, and promoting data-driven policymaking for advancing universal health coverage based o
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Specific gut bacteria raise risk of severe malaria: Research
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have found many types of bacteria that, when present in the stomach, are associated with an elevated risk of getting severe malaria in humans and mice. Their findings, which were recently published in Nature Communications, could pave the
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Bangladesh eliminates lymphatic filariasis: WHO
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, occurs when filarial parasites are transmitted to humans through mosquito bites.
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Health professional shortages strongly linked to an increase in mortality:
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Shortages of health workers such as doctors, nurses, and midwives are strongly linked to higher death rates, particularly for certain diseases such as neglected tropical diseases and malaria, pregnancy and birth complications, diabetes, and kidney diseases, according to a study of 172 countr
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Make bold, sustainable investments to help free people of Neglected Tropic
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
NTDs are a diverse group of 20 conditions that are mainly prevalent in tropical areas. Globally, they affect more than 1 billion people, cost low- and middle-income countries billions of dollars every year, and perpetuate a cycle of poor educational outcomes and limited professional oppor
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Dr. Reddy's inks deal with DNDi to develop drugs for 'neglected tropical d
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 2 (ANI): Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), a not-for-profit research and development organisation, for exploring joint opportunities to develo
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Global Leaders Unite to pledge commitments to ending Neglected Tropical Di
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): Ahead of the World NTD Day on January 30, global leaders convened today to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the London Declaration and kick off endorsements to the Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) - a high-level politi
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Scientists take step forward in developing vaccine for leishmaniasis
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], January 11 (ANI): The researchers from University of York have taken an important step forward in developing a controlled human infection model to test vaccines for one of the most neglected tropical diseases 'leishmaniasis'.
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