Category Archives: Neglected Diseases

From What We Know to What We Do: Now is the Time for Governments to Fix a Failing System for Drug Development

By PLOS Guest Blogger
Posted: May 15, 2013
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PLOS NTDs Launches New Collection Focusing on Strongyloides

By Matt Lopez
Posted: May 9, 2013
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This Week in PLOS NTDs and PLOS Pathogens: Dengue and Pregnancy; Protection Against B. pseudomallei; Bacterial VOC Diagnostics; H1N1 Antigenic Change; and more

By Matt Lopez
Posted: May 9, 2013
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Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS): Sub-Saharan Africa’s Secret Scourge of Girls and Women

By Peter Hotez
Posted: May 6, 2013
Category: General, Neglected Diseases | 3 Comments

This Week in PLOS NTDs and Pathogens: Advancing Neurocysticercosis Research; Ivermectin vs. Onchocerciasis; Rhoptries Revealed; and HCV-Induced Liver Disease

By Matt Lopez
Posted: April 25, 2013
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Eliminating Neglect and Neglected Tropical Diseases

By Peter Hotez
Posted: April 23, 2013
Category: General, Global Health Metrics, Neglected Diseases, Policy | 3 Comments

Taking Down Cholera Means Raising Socioeconomically Depressed Populations Up

By Matt Lopez
Posted: March 14, 2013
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Neglected Tropical Diseases and the new Pope

By Peter Hotez
Posted: March 12, 2013
Category: Neglected Diseases | 1 Comment

Buruli Ulcer in a Brave New World

By Médecins Sans Frontières
Posted: February 22, 2013
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Stuck in a time warp: WHO-brokered global R&D action plan shelved

By Médecins Sans Frontières
Posted: December 6, 2012
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