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What's new on TropIKA.netEditorial: The medical, public health and economic consequences of bad diagnostics
TB serodiagnostics as a case study News: WHO bans serological tests for active TB
Blood tests for TB are ‘bad practice,’ says the agency News: LF elimination is possible in the poorest of countries
Togo, sub-Saharan Africa’s first to stop MDAs for the mosquito-borne disease, has achieved an important feat with few resources. Research Article: Ivermectin—now an anti-malarial, too
New research says the cheap, commonly-used endectocide could dramatically reduce transmission Highlights: the latest from our blog26 May 2011
New website shows distribution of blinding trachoma
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Editor's choice10 March 2011 A long listMany of the infectious diseases of poverty have featured in recent articles on TropIKA.net. Videos on TropIKA.netMalaria - Killer of children
Malaria is one of the biggest killers of young children in Africa, where the number of doctors and health care centres are few. An innovative programme in Nigeria trains community volunteers to recognise the symptoms and provide needed medications. This collaborative project with the government and TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease is making strong progress.
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