Global Health Partners Call on G7 for NTD Action
The Neglected Global Diseases Initiative has joined over ninety other global health groups, institutions and individuals in supporting the elimination of neglected tropical diseases.
NGDI Member Urs Hafeli to Lead International Professorship
Lundbeck Foundation will create a joint five-year professorship in drug delivery and nanomedicine.
UBC’s Ebola Action Fund supports Engineering Student Project
Funding will support The Biomedical Engineering Student Team (BEST).
Recording of NGDI Ebola Symposium Released
This meeting focused on Canada’s current contributions to potential therapeutics in response to the 2014 West African outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease.
Cdn Gov’t to send Military Medical Personnel to West Africa
Announcement includes Call to Action for recruitment of Canadian medical personnel for 8 week deployment with Canadian Red Cross.
Canadian Researchers Come Together to Combat the Ebola Outbreak
NGDI-UBC is working closely with CDRD to identify a novel approach to developing the next generation of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies for the prevention and treatment of Ebola.
Ebola Symposium for Treatment and Action
New speakers added October 30, 2014
Rapid test to diagnose severe sepsis
A test could help doctors diagnose sepsis and begin treatment earlier.
Dr. Kelly Chibale, Director, Drug Development and Discovery Centre, Univ of Capetown Seminar
Please join us for a CDRD NGDI Co-Sponsored Seminar
NGDI Distinguished Lectureship Seminar featuring Dr. Peter von Dadelszen
join us on October 22, 2014 from Noon – 1:00 pm, reception to follow.