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Press Release Archive

Our Press Release Archive is an online offering of press releases over the past few years, the most recent listed first.

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Million endure elephantiasis needlessly: study (November 2007): Article on Reuters website

Attack of the Worms (July 2007): Article in the New York Times
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine'’s key role in $100 million disease treatment programme (October 2006): Press release.
USAID Announces $100 Million Award to Reduce Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Developing Nations (September 2006): Press release.
RTI International Joins Effort to Reduce Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Developing Nations (September 2006): RTI press release announcing $100 million to implement a collaborative program designed to treat more than 40 million people annually for five years.
Burkina Faso reaches major milestone in protecting its people against tropical parasites (June 2006): Press release announcing Burkina Faso as the first WHO African Region to achieve nationwide coverage.
Beyond Swollen Limbs, a Disease's Hidden Agony (April 2006): Article in The New York Times
Mass Treatment Targets Parasitic Infection (April 2004): Article in The Washington Post
Global Alliance Secretariat: Global Alliance Cairo Meeting (March 2004): Press release announcing the third Global Alliance meeting.

GlaxoSmithKline: 80 Million People Now Treated to Prevent Elephantiasis (March 2004): GSK press release on the success of the programme to date.

WHO: Second Global Alliance Meeting (May 2002): A WHO announcement of the second Global Alliance meeting. Available in English and French.
WHO: Partnership with Merck & Co., Inc. (October 1998): A WHO announcement of the decision of Merck & Co., Inc. to donate Mectizan® (ivermectin) to WHO for LF elimination efforts in Africa.
WHO: Partnership with GlaxoSmithKline (January 1998): A WHO announcement of the decision of SmithKlineBeecham (now GlaxoSmithKline) to donate albendazole for LF elimination efforts.
WHA: World Health Assembly resolution (May 1997): The resolution adopted at the 50th World Health Assembly urging Member States to eliminate lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem.

 

 

 

 


 

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