Young children are at most risk of NTD infection. Credit: CDC/Sonia Pelletreau. LONDON, United Kingdom — Bill Gates, the world's leading thirteen pharmaceutical companies, governments and global organisations have announced unprecedented funding and support to eliminate and control ten neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2020.More than US $785 million will be donated to control or eliminate these infections that affect around 1.4 billion people in 149 endemic countries These infections kill or cause disability among the world's poorest people who live mainly in Africa, Latin America and South East Asia.Speaking at the Royal College of Physicians in London, where the new private-public initiative was announced, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said: "Many of the burdens [of NTDs] have come down but in fact they haven't come down nearly far enough.
January 30, 2012 — Gozde Zorlu
Science and hip-hop? "Never the twain shall meet," you may cry, and until recently, I'd have agreed with you on that one, fo' shizzle.
But then I stumbled across a collaboration which challenges that assumption.
December 29, 2011 — Joseph Milton
I’ve recently started a job at London’s Science Media Centre, an organisation that tries to ensure science is reported responsibly, as senior press officer for mental health.
December 22, 2011 — Joseph Milton
Check out the Prezi I made, below, exploring the science of sun damage and looking at changing my skin aging narrative.
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November 30, 2011 — Christine Ottery
Jay Griffiths is the author of a wonderful book called 'Wild'. Although 'Wild' was published five years ago, it is growing in word-of-mouth popularity and has recently struck a cord with musicians, which perhaps has something to do with the lyrical and poetic quality of her writing.
November 23, 2011 — Christine Ottery
I have arrived in Malaga to cover the live blog of the International Conference on eHealth 2011. On the short flight over here, I went through the research papers to be presented on the first day of the conference which starts tomorrow - and what a way to kick things off.
November 20, 2011 — Gozde Zorlu
Vegetarian or vegan readers, would you have a problem with eating meat is the protein was grown in a lab? There would be no* animal cruelty involved, and no living breathing animals would have to die to end up on your plate.
November 18, 2011 — Christine Ottery
Picture the scene. It’s the future and you've just rolled out of bed, swallowed your “full English breakfast” pill, washed down the day's Soma with a cup of (insert futuristic prefix here)-coffee and, as your media hub burns the day’s news directly into your hippocampus, it’s time to decide what to wear to the office (or wherever it is you go every day in a post-apocalyptic wasteland).
October 31, 2011 — Joseph Milton
I wrote the following review a couple of months ago but failed to publish it. I was reminded of this when Martin Robbins asked yesterday on his Guardian blog: "Is environmentalism too left wing?" Will we go the way of the woolly mammoth?
October 28, 2011 — Christine Ottery
Through the years science has inspired many artists and some scientists have been driven to create art by the beauty they have witnessed during their work in the lab.
October 28, 2011 — Joseph Milton
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