Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Neglected Global Tropical Disease Initiative

By |2017-02-10T09:51:19-07:00February 8th, 2012|General|

Last week marked an important milestone toward better controlling 10 neglected tropical diseases by 2020. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, 13 pharmaceutical companies, the U.S., U.K. and U.A.E. governments and other global health organizations announced a new, coordinated push to defeat diseases like Dengue, rabies, blinding trachoma, Buruli ulcer, endemic treponematoses (yaws), leprosy (Hansen disease), Chagas [...]

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House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox

By |2017-02-10T09:51:22-07:00December 23rd, 2011|General|

Looking for a book to read over the holidays about one of public health’s biggest achievements?  You’ll enjoy a new book written by Dr. Bill Foege called House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox.  Dr. Foege was a key leader in the smallpox eradication effort.  He joined the CDC in 1962 in the Epidemic Intelligence Service [...]

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