New Partnerships Sought at Diarrhea Conference
A team from OneWorld Health participated in discussions at the 8th Annual Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhea and Malnutrition Feb. 6-8 held at ICDDR,B in Bangladesh. The conference’s theme was “Combating Malnutrition and Intestinal Diseases in Children: Are We Doing Enough?” providing up-to-date keynote addresses, symposia, and debates covering recent scientific advances and programmatic considerations relevant to developing countries. OneWorld Health’s team spoke with the world’s leading diarrhea investigators and researchers to seek new partnerships with progressive hospitals treating diarrheal disease to expand the organization’s diarrhea portfolio.

CEO Participation in World Economic Forum Discussions
Dr. Victoria Hale, CEO, CEO, participated in two events at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland involving social entrepreneurs and new approaches to developing world diseases. On Friday, Jan. 27 from 12:30-2:15pm Dr. Hale will lead the panel, “Defining Success” with young global leaders and social entrepreneurs about their definition of success. At, “Not Gone, But Almost Forgotten,” from 6:30 to 7:30pm during the Architects for Global Change reception, new funding mechanisms and incentives for global health investment will be the topic of discussion. The entire 2006 meeting will be broadcast, webcast and, for the first time this year, many sessions will be podcast. Find out more here.


OneWorld Health Receives Grant to Create Disease Control Program for Visceral Leishmaniasis
The Institute for OneWorld Health announced Dec. 1 that it has received a US$30 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to initiate and evaluate the impact of a pilot program to dramatically reduce morbidity and mortality from visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the rural communities of India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. OneWorld Health completed phase III clinical testing last year with paromomycin, an off-patent antibiotic, for the treatment of VL in India. This large-scale clinical trial in Bihar demonstrated that paromomycin is both safe and effective. OneWorld Health is submitting an application for drug approval to the Indian regulatory agency early this year.  Read the full release >


Dr. Hale Kicks Off University's Global Health Lecture Series
A new University of Georgia-sponsored lecture series, "Global Diseases: Voices from the Vanguard" featured Dr. Victoria Hale as the inaugural speaker on Tuesday, Jan. 10 in Athens, Georgia. The series aims to feature heroes in the global battle against premature death and disease. The Institute for OneWorld Health also has a memorandum of understanding with the University of Georgia to collaborate in the future on advancement of drug development for tropical diseases.

   

Health Magazine,  “5 Inspiring Women Delivering Hope Around the World; Developing Drugs for the Neediest,” December 2005
Four years ago, Victoria Hale walked down the narrow dirt lanes of the villages of Bihar, India—ground zero for a deadly parasitic infection called visceral leishmaniasis, also known as kalaazar, or black fever. Untreated, the disease that’s spread by the bite of a sand fly eventually destroys internal organs. Several drugs can cure it, but they’re losing their power as the parasite grows resistant. Read the article >

San Francisco Business Times, “Gates Gives $30M to S.F. Nonprofit to Fight ‘Black Fever’ in South Asia,” Dec. 2, 2005.
San Francisco's Institute for OneWorld Health – which bills itself as the nation's first nonprofit pharmaceutical company – said Thursday it's received a $30 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help fight visceral leishmaniasis or VL, a dangerous parasitic disease especially prevalent in India and nearby countries in South Asia. Read the Article >

Researchers Estimate Economic Benefits of Vaccinations
What good is vaccination? Obviously it is good for the person receiving the vaccine, if he is thus prevented from suffering from a nasty disease. David Bloom and David Canning, together with Mark Weston, an independent policy consultant, have looked at two vaccination programmes and attempted to calculate the wider benefits. Read the article >
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