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 London, UK, January 27, 2012 (PAHO,WHO)- Join us to watch as a group of international partners demonstrates how innovative partnership can accelerate improvements in health and development for millions of people around the world. Through a series of coordinated commitments, these partners aim to combat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and drive progress toward the World Health Organization’s goals for control or elimination by 2020.
Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases
Ending the Neglect and Reaching 2020 Goals
January 30, 2012
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. GMT
www.unitingtocombatntds.org.
The event will feature:
Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization
CEOs of Nine Leading Pharmaceutical Companies
Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Senior Government Officials from Tanzania, Mozambique, Brazil and Zanzibar
Stephen O’Brien, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, UK Department for International Development
Dr. Bernard Pécoul,
Executive Director, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Assistant Administrator for Global Health, US Agency for International Development
Dr. Caroline Anstey, Managing Director, World Bank
Riz Khan,(Moderator) Al Jazeera English
Today, we have the opportunity to help the more than one billion people affected by NTDs lead healthier, more productive lives. Longstanding efforts by many organizations have made great progress on the global threat of NTDs, but reaching 2020 goals will require new and enhanced forms of partnership ranging from research and development to drug delivery. Working together, we can strike a decisive blow against these horrible diseases.
Please join us to watch as donor and developing country governments, private sector leaders and multilateral organizations come together to make and renew commitments to free future generations from the burden of NTDs. By working collaboratively to address persistent barriers to success, we can achieve more together than any one of us could on our own.
The webcast can be accessed live and after the event from:
www.unitingtocombatntds.org.
For more information please contact:
Lorely Ambriz, M.S.I.S, Knowledge Management & Communication Advisor
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / A Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) United States-Mexico Border Office
5400 Suncrest Dr. Ste. C-4 El Paso, TX 79912
Office (915) 845-5950 Ext. 42523 / Cel (915) 449-3040 / Fax (915) 845-4361
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