NEGLECTED NO MORE
1. 4
BILLION
1.4 billion people around the world are affected by neglected diseases.
†
RESEARCH REPORT
This won’t change unless we say:
each year another
250,000 people (approx.) are diagnosed with
leprosy*
“NEGLECTED NO MORE!”
International research seminar in Dhaka. Researchers from the INDIGO
project in Northwestern Bangladesh Toxicology tests for new host a conference & gain global leprosy vaccine
attention for operating a strong A vaccine developed by the Infectious Disease leprosy control program alongside Research Institute, funded by American Leprosy four research projects at an Missions & effect:hope was tested for safety, before trials begin in 2015.
international conference.
effect:hope convenes - transmission
research symposium
2014 RESEARCH
DEVELOPMENTS AT
Key experts in the field of leprosy, and beyond, came together to identify and build consensus about the key gaps that exist in our knowledge about leprosy transmission.
effect:hope
SARI project wraps-up The Stigma Assessment &
Reduction of Impact Research Project finished this year. The findings will contribute to new tools for reducing leprosy-related stigma.
LRI funds first round of research
effect:hope is a member of the Leprosy Research Preliminary findings from an effect:hope funded study, Initiative, which for the first conducted by TLMT India, have shown the time, funded research relating to
presence of the bacteria Mycobacterium disability and disease prevention,
gilvum in water sources in Purulia, West stigma reduction, and early leprosy Bengal. This bacterium may increase detection.
human leprosy susceptibility.
Ground-breaking discovery in India?
†Delivering on Promises and Driving Progress. (2014, April 10). Retrieved March 26, 2015, from
http://unitingtocombatntds.org/sites/default/les/document/
NTD_report_04102014_v4_singles.p
OTHER LEPROSY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS
Leprosy can live in amoebae for
months
Colorado State University researchers has
discovered that Mycobacterium leprae can live for
months inside a protective host amoebae –
common in water, soil and plants – then can
easily transfer to trigger infection.
Leprosy is the oldest human-specific Infection
Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
hypothesize that leprosy has roots that stem millions of years.
Genetic Link
between Crohn’s,
Parkinson’s &
Leprosy?
Government of Canada’s
Canadian Institutes of Health
Research announce funds for a
study at the University of
Ottawa investigating a genetic
link between three diseases
affecting the nervous system.
Researchers discover TB – Leprosy prevention link
Researchers at UCLA have found that a variation of the tuberculosis vaccine offers protection against TB &
leprosy in mice. This could be big news for chemoprophylaxis treatments for joint leprosy & TB control projects.
Chemoprophylaxis refers to the administration of medicines to prevent diseases and infections. In the case of leprosy, we’re funding trials, in India & Bangladesh, to investigate whether or providing medicine to close contacts of a person infected by leprosy will prevent the spread of infection in their network.
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