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• International workshop on the standardization of a real time PCR assay for the quantification of parasite load for cutaneous leishmaniasis management in the Americas 2017-06-09

  Leishmaniasis is considered the most neglected tropical disease, according to the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). Globally, around 12 million people are infected, and 350 million live in risk areas. The disease presents different clinical manifestations, as asymptomatic infections or the two most common forms: visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL).

• Unprecedented progress against neglected tropical diseases reported 2017-04-19

  The World Health Organization reported remarkable achievements in tackling neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) since 2007, with an estimated 1 billion people in 2015 alone receiving treatment.

• New PAHO publication shows progress and challenges in eliminating 11 neglected infectious diseases in the Americas 2016-10-06

  

  The new publication Infectious Neglected Diseases: Success Stories and Innovation to Reach the Neediest presents best practices in the countries of the Americas aimed at controlling and eliminating 11 diseases that affect primarily people living in extreme poverty, indigenous groups, rural communities, and marginal urban areas of major cities.

• PAHO Directing Council endorses new strategies to fight malaria, neglected diseases and arboviruses, including Zika 2016-09-29
• Argentine research published in PAHO scientific journal offers recommendations for monitoring and control of leishmaniasis 2016-09-02
• Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly closes 2016-05-28
• OPS publica Informe Epidemiologico actualizado de Leishmaniasis en las Américas 2015-08-20
• Honduras: A pioneer in the tenacious fighting against neglected infectious diseases 2015-06-23
• IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Enfermedades Transmisibles por Vectores y V Jornadas Internacionales sobre enfermedad de Chagas en el Gran Chaco Santiago del Estero, Argentina 2014-10-16
• Informe Epidemiológico presenta la situación de la Leishmaniasis en las Américas en 2012 2014-09-05
• Taller "Abordaje de la emergencia y dispersión de la leishmaniasis en la frontera de Argentina, Brasil y Paraguay" en el marco del proyecto sobre leishmaniasis 2014-07-17
• 10 vector-borne diseases that put the population of the Americas at risk 2014-04-07
• "Small bites can be big threats," experts warn on World Health Day 2014-04-06
• Preventing vector-borne diseases "Small bite, big threat" 2014-04-02
• WHO experts committee select two innovative projects for research and development of medicines from the Americas 2013-12-18
• Countries of the Americas choose innovative projects for the development of drugs and technologies 2013-10-28
• PAHO/WHO Offers Fifteen Free Courses through the Virtual Campus for Public Health 2013-08-01
• Honduras expands deworming coverage of children in remote communities as part of vaccination campaign 2013-05-13
• Honduras expands deworming of children in remote communities during vaccination campaigns 2013-05-12
• Curso a distancia de autoaprendizaje de Leishmaniasis en las Américas: diagnóstico y tratamiento 2013-04-14
• Se realiza el "Taller Para Elaborar la Norma Nacional de la Leishmaniasis" (In Spanish) 2012-03-30
• PAHO: To remove the NTDs we must step up not only our Health sector strategies but our Poverty-Reduction Strategies 2011-12-06
• Directora de la OPS: es urgente integrar y potenciar acciones, recursos y alianzas para eliminar las Enfermedades Desatendidas en las Américas 2011-08-18
• Tackling and Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) with Common Tools but Innovative Applications of Knowledge is a Moral Imperative 2011-07-11
• TDR Wins 2011 Gates Award for Global Health 2011-05-20
• Experts call for prevention of severe cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis 2009-09-12