CEOs of big pharma, Bill Gates, WHO Director General Margaret Chan, senior government officials from endemic and donor countries, and others announced an unprecedented commitment to control & eliminate 10 NTDs by 2020
Kemp Little LLP has chosen the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI), a group at Imperial College London dedicated to eliminating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), as its charity of the year for 2012
The Schistosomiasis Control Initiative has been rated as one of the top two charities for achieving impact with donations by nonprofit organisation GiveWell.
GiveWell, an independent charity evaluator, in their newly released annual update ranks SCI as one of the two most cost-effective and outstanding charities.
Professor Alan Fenwick to Chair Global Village Panel Event 'Nation Building: The Role of the West in African Health, Development and Governance' October 20th at 18.00hrs
On Tuesday 13 September, the UK Neglected Tropical Diseases Coalition was launched by The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Tropical Diseases (APPMG) at the House of COmmons, London.
The Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI), a unit in the School of Public Health (DIDE) has attracted a donation of £500K from a private donor for their work on treating Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa.
The role of philanthropists and philanthropic organizations is crucial in tackling some avoidable health threats which kill millions of vulnerable people every year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.
