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Over 400 specialists reflected on the barriers to access to treatment of neglected diseases
Remarkable speakers from Ibero-American countries took part in the meeting, as well as Health Minister Dr. Juan Manzur. The core topics of the meeting were how to improve detection and treatment of diseases like Chagas, dengue, leishmaniasis or parasitoses, and the existing barriers to reach the population at risk, which is above 127 million people in the American Continent.
Seminar on parasitosis in Orán, Salta
It was organized by the Institute of Tropical Disease Research of National University of Salta, Mundo Sano, San Vicente de Paul Hospital. the Laboratory of Tropical Diseases and the Municipality of Hipólito Irigoyen.
Mundo Sano specialists and Universidad de Buenos Aires published a piece of research on dengue carried out by the PLoS Journal
A team of researchers from Mundo Sano foundation and the School of Exact and Natural Sciences of Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires published a paper analyzing the residual effect of a larvae killer (temephos) used in dengue prevention campaigns.
Highlighted News
- Athletes who practise water sports are vaccinated against leptospirosis by Mundo Sano and Cenard.
- Healthcare specialists attended a dengue outbreak drill.
- The WHO publishes new guidelines on malaria related to the therapies and acquisition of medicines
- PECET announces the beginning of clinical trials in investigational vaccines against dengue.