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Using Technology For STH Control

Posted by  on Friday, May 10th 2013     
There has been interesting progress in the use of mobile technology, like this smart phone, in the fight against NTDs. Photo credit: InterAction

The reach of mobile phones into even the poorest and most remote parts of the world has shown these devices to be the tool of choice for civil and social transformation. Read more >>

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A Success: USAID’s Neglected Tropical Disease Program

Posted by  on Monday, February 14th 2011     

By Elizabeth Thompson President’s Malaria Initiative USAID/ Bureau for Global Health There is a group of diseases you don’t hear much about but that has a terrible impact on more than 1 billion people around the world – that’s one sixth of the world’s population. The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified 13 of these [...]

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