Tropical Disease
Eight Thousand Volunteers Partner with the Global Network to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases in Burundi
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 30th, 2007
A first-ever campaign to control and/or eliminate seven poverty-promoting, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the African nation of Burundi--the world's seventh, least developed country--has been launched by the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (Global Network), an alliance led by the Sabin Vaccine Institute. The Global Network is partnering with the Burundi Ministry of Public Health, the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) at Imperial College of London and CBM to train more than 8,000 Volunteer Community Drug Distributors to administer "rapid impact packages" to more than 800,000 fellow Burundians in 2007....
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