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Latest News on Trachoma and NTDs:
+ Reuters: Obama budget boosts funds for tropical diseases
+ Ghana Web: Health workers to be sensitized on tropical diseases
+ The New York Times: Brazil and India Join the Top Ranks of Government Supporting Research
+ End the Neglect: Night 6: Trachoma
+ Read more on trachoma and NTDs in the news
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+ Treatment and Prevention of Malaria and Trachoma
An ambitious public health campaign using an integrated approach to combat malaria and trachoma in Ethiopia recently reached a new milestone in its innovative intervention strategy. ITI staff traveled with Pfizer representatives to participate in this inspiring effort by Amhara National Regional State (ANRS) and the Lions-Carter Center Sightfirst Initiative.
+ A New Database to Faciliate Zithromax Distribution and Forecasting
Over the past six months, ITI Staff in Atlanta, Georgia have been deeply involved in creating a new database to track and facilitate distribution of Zithromax. ITI interviewed Vivian Singletary, Supply Chain Manager.
+ Surgical Camps Bring New Sight and Hope to Rural Districts in Tanzania
From August to November 2009, ITI supported a series of mobile surgical "camps" that traveled into rural districts in Tanzania to perform outpatient eye surgeries and prevent sight loss of people suffering from blinding trachoma.
+ ITI's New Trachoma Expert Committee Meets for First Time
The newly-constituted Trachoma Expert Committee (TEC)--formed to provide ITI with advice and counsel on strategic, technical and operational issues--met for the first time in December 2009 at ITI headquarters at the Task Force for Global Health in Atlanta.
+ Nepal Stakeholders Chart Course for NTD Program
In December 2009, a planning meeting of stakeholders helped to chart a course to combat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Nepal.




