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24 Apr 2014 | 13:17 EST

The WHO and humanitarian crises: an interview with Michel Yao

Posted by Nicholette Zeliadt | Categories: World watch

The WHO and humanitarian crises: an interview with Michel Yao

Armed conflicts and other humanitarian crises are notorious for claiming lives. But any disaster scenario can quickly go from bad to worse when health facilities are abandoned or ransacked. That’s precisely the situation brewing in the Central African Republic, where ongoing political fighting that erupted late in 2012 and intensified last December has plunged the country into chaos and devastated the health system. Many health workers have fled for safety, and looting has damaged health facilities and led to shortages of medicines and other essential supplies.  Read more

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13 Dec 2012 | 11:37 EST

Neglected diseases see few new drugs despite upped investment

Posted by Cassandra Willyard | Categories: Drugs, drugs and more drugs, Infectious diseases

Neglected diseases see few new drugs despite upped investment

Over the past decade, neglected diseases have attracted increased attention and larger investments in research. Even often overlooked tropical diseases such as sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis have received more funding. “These Cinderella diseases, long ignored and underappreciated, are a rags-to-riches story,” said Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, in an address in May. But these newfound ‘riches’ have given rise to just a few dozen newly approved therapies and only a handful of truly novel drugs. A new analysis by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) finds that the rate of approvals for new compounds over the past decade is roughly the same as it was during the previous two-and-a-half decades, when the diseases received little attention.  Read more

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  • World Health Organization

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