Lessons learned and best practices from the Polio Eradication Programme in Nigeria
A new supplement from the World Health Organization published in BMC Public Health explores the Polio Eradication Programme in Nigeria. Because… Read more »
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Maternal filarial infection impacts childhood susceptibility to infection
The WHO’s Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis aims to eliminate this Neglected Tropical Disease through mass drug administration… Read more »
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Bringing the lab into the field
New technologies are bringing laboratories to the point-of-collection, improving sensitivity of field investigations and reducing… Read more »
Ovale malaria: seasonal trends in relapse
In their BMC Medicine article, Laura Nabarro and colleagues highlight the issues with the lesser-known Plasmodium ovale malaria… Read more »
It’s not just about nutrients – the Journal of Ethnic Foods now open for submissions
Food studies provide better insights into important societal processes involving economics, health, politics, history, and the… Read more »
The road to echinococcosis control in Peru: A workshop to review and synthesize the evidence
Cystic echinococcosis is a parasitic disease of medical, veterinary and economic importance. I attended a workshop to see how Peru… Read more »
A new lease of life for bednets
Resistance to pyrethroid based insecticides is spreading rapidly, giving rise to concern that bednets treated with these… Read more »
2 for 1? Community treatment for onchocerciasis also reduces loaisis
A new study investigates the impact of community directed ivermectin treatment for Onchocerca volvulus on Loa loa infection rates… Read more »
Improving climate information services in the countries that need them most
Today we launch Sustainable Earth, a community-focused, open access journal where researchers, policy makers and citizens can… Read more »
The sex lives of schistosomes; complexed mixing of genomes
Potential zoonotic schistosomiasis transmission could have a large impact on the control of schistosomiasis. In 2014 there was an… Read more »