Reuters: Sanofi renews deal with WHO to fight tropical diseases, sleeping sickness “French healthcare company Sanofi announced on Tuesday a renewal of its partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) to fight neglected tropical diseases and to eliminate sleeping sickness before 2030. Sanofi said its new five-year commitment with the…

Global Citizen: This Midwife in Zambia Says International Solidarity Is Needed to Combat COVID-19 Jacky Habib, freelance journalist (12/7). Global Citizen: How This Woman Is Using Her Cellphone to Tackle River Blindness in Cameroon Jacky Habib, freelance journalist (12/7). IntraHealth International’s “VITAL”: Meet Three Ugandan Women Who Say Community-Based Family…

Global Citizen: Why Access to Clean Water Is Essential in the Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases Sarah El Gharib, freelance writer and French editor at Global Citizen (11/19). Water Science Policy: Who Wouldn’t Want a Bluetooth Toilet? Stephen Hilton, technical research assistant at Global Water 2020 (11/19). WHO: World Toilet…

The Conversation: Millions of people are on treatment for HIV: why are so many still dying? Gilles van Cutsem, honorary research associate with the Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research at the University of Cape Town (11/17). Devex: Opinion: Demonstrating leadership for racial equality in development Victoria Cooper, senior…

Global Citizen: How Pharmaceutical Companies Have Helped Tackle Neglected Tropical Diseases Around the World Sarah El Gharib, freelance writer and French editor at Global Citizen (11/13). Global Voices: The victims of forced sterilizations in Peru continue to demand justice Adriana Hildenbrand, Miryam Rivera Holguin, and Teodora C. Hasegan, all of…

Devex: Strong leadership, drug donations helped Malawi eliminate elephantiasis “Just over a decade ago, there were parts of Malawi where nearly 80% of the population was infected by lymphatic filariasis, or LF, a parasitic disease spread by mosquitoes and commonly known as elephantiasis. … But the country turned this around,…

U.N. News: Neglected tropical diseases: Countries endorse new targets to eradicate 20 killers “A bold new blueprint to tackle all neglected tropical diseases has been agreed at the U.N. health agency’s World Health Assembly, which will involve a radical shift in approach by Member States and non-state actors, the World…

African Arguments: How can countries continue to combat malaria during a pandemic? Ciku Kimeria, communication consultant at Speak up Africa (11/11). BMJ Opinion: Pharma companies must open their books on the funding agreements for covid-19 vaccines Manuel Martin, medical innovation and access policy adviser for the Médecins Sans Frontières Access…

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: The NTD Supply Chain Forum — Strengthening the backbone of NTD programs Ashley Souza, logistics coordinator for the NTD Support Center at the Task Force for Global Health, and colleagues “describe a unique public-private partnership that was formed to bring together supply chain expertise to overcome…

CDC’s “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)”: Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2019 — June 2020 Donald Hopkins, former director of health programs and current special adviser for Guinea worm eradication at The Carter Center, and colleagues, discuss global dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) and current progress in eradicating…