THE GLOBAL VACCINE ACTION PLAN TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE 65TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
18.05.2012
Next week, the sixty-fifth World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO) will discuss the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP). The Assembly will take place in Geneva, 21 -26 May 2012. The GVAP is the final document that incorporates the inputs from a year-long consultation process with the participation of some 1.100 experts from more tan 140 countries representing more tan 290 organizations. It is a concrete plan coordinated through the Decade of Vaccines ...
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FIRST COURSE ON THE PREVENTION, DETECTION AND MANA ...
30.04.2012
The five-day course on the Prevention, Detection and Management of Arboviral Diseases took place in Barcelona between 23 and 27 April 2012 in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Barcelona. Th ...
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EXPERTS DISCUSS THE ADVANCES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ...
26.01.2012
To celebrate World Malaria Day, ISGlobal and the Ramon Areces Foundation organised a symposium in Madrid on the subject of the Spanish Contribution to the Fight Against Malaria and the Elimination Eff ...
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SPAIN'S LEADERSHIP CRUCIAL IN ADVANCES AGAINST MAL ...
04.25.2012
Great progress has been made in the fight against malaria in the last ten years. Since 2000, the incidence of this life-threatening disease has fallen by 17% and malaria mortality rates have decreased ...
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WORLD MALARIA DAY, KEEPING UP THE MOMENTUM
17.04.2012
The theme of this year's World Malaria Day, which will be celebrated worldwide on 25 April, is "Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria". The idea is to promote awareness of the need to keep up ...
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"WE ARE LIVING THROUGH A GREAT REVOLUTION IN GLOBA ...
03.28.2012
The Epidemia! exhibition will be showing in Barcelona's CosmoCaixa science museum until 14 February 2013. At the inaugural conference, Pedro Alonso, director of ISGlobal, together with CRESIB resear ...
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INVESTIGATORS DEMONSTRATE THAT INTERMITTENT PREVEN ...
27.03.2012
Intermittent Preventive Treatment in infants (IPTi), which involves the administration of a treatment dose of an antimalarial drug on a predetermined schedule coinciding with routine visits for vaccin ...
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PROGRESS TOWARDS THE TUBERCULOSIS VACCINE
03.23.2012
Since July 2011, ISGlobal’s research centre CRESIB, together with the Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM) and in collaboration with the TBVACSIN consortium and Aeras, have been conducting a multicen ...
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MALARIA EXPERTS WILL LAUNCH THE MESA PROJECT
03.19.2012
The Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance (MESA), a project that aims to advance the science of malaria eradication, will be launched on 28 and 29 May in Sitges (Barcelona). At this two-day meeting ...
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THE CONSULTATION PROCESS OF THE DECADE OF VACCINES ...
19.03.2012
The regional consultation process of the Decade of Vaccines Collaboration is reaching its final phase with the regional meeting of the Americas in Mexico. Twenty consultation events have been held in ...
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ISGLOBAL SCIENTISTS DISCOVER KEY INFORMATION ABOUT ...
03.16.2012
The prestigious journal Genome Research has just published the results of a study led by researchers at the Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), the ISGlobal research center, r ...
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THE STORY OF THE MANHIÇA HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE
12.03.2012
On this video created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. Pedro Alonso, a Spanish physician and medical researcher, shares his story of founding the Manhica Health and Research Center in Mozam ...
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ISGLOBAL HIGHLIGHTS THE LACK OF POLITICAL WILL TO ...
03.08.2012
On the occasion of International Women's Day, the Barcelona Institute for Global Health has drawn attention to the fact that the number of maternal deaths in developing countries is still unacceptably ...
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NEW SOURCE OF BENZNIDAZOLE, THE FIRST LINE TREATME ...
05.03.2012
The Fundación Mundo Sano, ISGlobal and the Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB) have announced that benznidazole is once again in production and will soon be available to the th ...
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GOOD NEWS AT THE 8th WORKSHOP ON IMPORTED CHAGAS D ...
06.03.2012
Over 160 participants from many different countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, France, Holland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the USA, met in Barcelona at the Casa del Mar to participate in ...
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NEW MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH ISGLOBAL-UNIVERSITY OF ...
02.03.2012
ISGlobal announces a new Master of Global Health programme developed in collaboration with the University of Barcelona beginning in September 2012. The programme, unique in the region, will provide a ...
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VIDEOS: "MALARIA, THE STORY OF A VACCINE"
20.02.2012
The videos of this ISGlobal Tribuna event titled "Malaria, the story of a vaccine" are an excellent oportunity to know the particulars about the fight against this infectious disease that caused 655.0 ...
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ISGLOBAL Y CRESIB PARTICIPAN EN LA CONFERENCIA DOI ...
21.02.2012
El Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona (ISGlobal) y el Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona (CRESIB) estarán presentes los días 24 y 25 de febrero de 2012 en la conferencia Doing G ...
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RECRUITMENT PHASE OF MALARIA IN PREGNANCY TRIAL CO ...
02.09.2012
A Malaria in Pregnancy Preventive Alternative Drugs (MiPPAD) clinical trial led by Prof. Clara Menéndez, Director of Women's, Children's, and Reproductive Health at the Barcelona Centre for Internatio ...
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PEDRO ALONSO: "INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH GENERATES WE ...
02.08.2012
Dr. Pedro Alonso, Director of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), reviewed the history of the first-ever malaria vaccine candidate before an audience of over 270 people at CosmoCaixa ...
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CLARA MENÉNDEZ PARTICIPA EN LA JORNADA I+D EN SALU ...
01.02.2012
La Dra. Clara Menéndez, líder de Iniciativa de Salud Materno, Neonatal y Reproductiva de ISGlobal, ha participado en la jornada "I+D en salud de las mujeres", organizada por la ONG Planeta Salud en Ba ...
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