Another resource lead to check out on infectious diseases of poverty
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Some of the leads in the last newsletter--
News
Malaria eradication: achievable within a lifetime?
Publication of an agenda setting out the research that will be required in order to develop the tools that will make it possible to rid the world of the scourge of malaria.
The ongoing debate over R&D output
Ten years after a landmark paper on R&D output was first published, a scholarly debate has ensued – and it’s only available online.
Profile
Elimination of a centuries-old disease is possible, says Zhou
The author of the first chapter of TDR’s Global Report on R&D into the infectious diseases of poverty is Professor Xiao-Nong Zhou. He talks to TropIKA.net about how the course of schistosomiasis is being radically altered in his homeland, China.
Review
Dengue: neglected no more?
The race is on to develop the first dengue vaccine, and the front-runner is now in phase III trials. But other efforts to control the world’s most important arthropod-borne viral disease lag behind for lack of R&D.
Research
Treating cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil: good news from new trial
Three-quarters of the patients given the drug miltefosine were cured of their infection, compared with only half of those on the standard treatment.
Is climate change driving up malaria case numbers? New findings contribute to the debate
“Gold standard” meteorological data show that temperatures have risen in a part of the Kenyan highlands where malaria cases are known to have increased.
Expert opinion split, as study revives an old debate
Researchers claim to have shown that “vertical” disease control programmes distort national policies and erode countries’ ability to provide basic care.
The RTS,S malaria vaccine: more good news
A follow-up study in Kenya and Tanzania finds the level of protection is sustained after 15 months.
TB risk in prisons spills over to impact the wider population
A review of the evidence underlines the high tuberculosis risk faced by individuals who are in prison, and shows that within-prison transmission increases national TB prevalence. But there are a few data available on prisoners in countries with the highest burden of the disease.
Report
UK unveils its malaria plans and the evidence on which they are based
A synthesis of the evidence by the Department for International Development concludes that we know what works, but the evidence on how best to deliver effective interventions is weaker.
Editorials
Access to journals in low-income countries: where do we stand?
The withdrawal of free access to medical journals in one of the world’s poorest countries, Bangladesh, highlighted the debate on the need to make the findings of research available to all who need it. Access is now restored in Bangladesh but the controversy continues.
A time to be bold
Should researchers set their sights much higher and seek to develop new tools that would make possible the eradication of malaria and other infectious diseases of poverty?
TB deaths in South Asia: has there been a “cover-up”?
An outspoken editorial says that TB control efforts are wrongly focused, and that the level of progress towards the targets that have been set has been exaggerated.
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