The Conversation: Leishmaniasis needs more attention: it causes skin lesions, and can kill Ramona Hurdayal, lecturer and team leader at the Leishmaniasis Research Group at the University of Cape Town, and Raphael Taiwo Aruleba, PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town “…Leishmaniasis was first identified in the 1900s. Since…

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The Telegraph: ‘A forgotten disease’: the diagnostic test which could revive the battle to eradicate yaws “A rapid diagnostic test to identify yaws, a debilitating skin disease which affects thousands of the world’s poorest children, could reinvigorate efforts to eradicate the illness, experts say…” (Newey, 6/21).

The Lancet: Snakebite — emerging from the shadows of neglect Editorial Board “…The burden of snakebite death and disability is equal to that of prostate or cervical cancer, and is greater than any other neglected tropical disease. Yet investment into snakebite has been just £30 million between 2008 and 2017,…

Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative: Following 110 years of neglect, an official day for Chagas disease is declared “The International Federation of People Affected by Chagas Disease (FINDECHAGAS) … celebrates the creation of the World Day of People Affected by Chagas at the 72nd World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva,…

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The Lancet Global Health: WHO’s Snakebite Envenoming Strategy for prevention and control Ren Minghui, assistant director general for communicable diseases at WHO, and colleagues from Tanzania and WHO “…A key aspect of this [new snakebite] strategy will be to engage and empower communities in preventing venomous snakebites and increasing training…