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2007

• TDR news series - HAITI: Congenital syphilis on the way out
  New 5-part TV news series on international health research now available. Launched 22 October, 2007, to commemorate the Council of Science Editors' 2007 Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development
  22 October 2007
• TDR news series - KENYA: Malaria Franchise Shops
  New 5-part TV news series on international health research now available. Launched 22 October, 2007, to commemorate the Council of Science Editors' 2007 Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development
  22 October 2007
• TDR news series - NIGERIA: Malaria, the Killer of Children
  New 5-part TV news series on international health research now available. Launched 22 October, 2007, to commemorate the Council of Science Editors' 2007 Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development
  22 October 2007
• TDR news series - KENYA: Natural Plant Products
  New 5-part TV news series on international health research now available. Launched 22 October, 2007, to commemorate the Council of Science Editors' 2007 Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development
  22 October 2007
• New 5-part TV news series on international health research
  22 October 2007
• Empowering communities to fight disease
  Community volunteers double access to malaria treatments, see the video
  1 October 2007
• WHO-based Tropical Disease Research Programme (TDR) to implement new strategy focusing on diseases of poverty
  22 June 2007
• Combination treatments for malaria found safe and effective for children when provided by volunteers
  Research shows potential to save many lives
  11 June 2007
• The need for new medicines for neglected diseases that primarily affect developing countries: an interview with Dr Solomon Nwaka (podcast)
  1 June 2007
• 20th anniversary of mectizan donation programme acknowledges TDR and WHO for work in river blindness
  13 May 2007
• New open access database to spur development of medicines for infectious diseases of the developing world
  Comprehensive information will spur development of medicines
  16 April 2007

2006

• A large, untapped global market exists for improved TB tests
  US$ 1 billion is already spent every year on TB diagnostics still millions of cases in developing countries are never diagnosed
  25 October 2006

2005

• New Tuberculosis Therapy Offers Potential Shorter Treatment
  Phase III Trials Planned for Africa
  16 December 2005