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Nifurtimox-Eflornithine Combination Therapy: An Improved Treatment for Sleeping Sickness Gerardo Priotto : Portrait A Major Step Forward in Improving Treatment Options for HAT NECT: Next Steps Sleeping Sickness [Human African Trypanosomiasis-HAT] What DNDi Does to Address Sleeping Sickness HAT Projects Supported by Public and Private Funds TDR investigates NECT in Uganda The Key Role Played by the HAT Platform Challenges of Establishing and Monitoring a GCP Trial in Remote Settings Challenges to Follow HAT Patients Evolution After A Hope for Surviving Sleeping Sickness: Joseph’s Story Thank you Angèle Malaria: ASAQ Obtains WHO Prequalification Chagas Disease: Agreement between Lafepe and DNDi on Safe, Easy-to-Use Treatment for Children Visceral Leishmaniasis: 11th LEAP meeting takes place in Addis Ababa to Discuss VL Strategy Plan DNDi Event: Indian Scientists Catalyse Efforts in Research and Development for New Treatments for Neglected Diseases BBC Documentary on Sleeping Sickness Fexinidazole Progresses into Clinical Development Discovery Programmes for HAT Contacts DNDi Credits

Calendar

18-19 november 2008
The 4th HAT Platform annual meeting, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

17-19 november 2008
Global Ministerial Forum on Health on Research for Health, Bamako, Mali

7-11 december 2008
The 57th Annual Meeting of American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) will be held in New Orleans. DNDi will be actively communicating on malaria and HAT. DNDi is cosponsoring together with sanofi-aventis a symposium on malaria. DNDi is also organising a session focused on HAT treatment R&D, with planned presentations on the HAT Platform, NECT study results including additional efficacy analyses, an update on HAT-related research results of the diamidine family, and an update on fexinidazole, which will be moved into clinical development next year

3-7 february 2009
Fourth World Congress on Leishmania and Leishmaniasis (Worldleish4), Lucknow, India

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