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Saint Louis University extends search for new medicines to treat childhood diarrhea

A $750,000 grant to the Center for World Health and Medicine at Saint Louis University will extend the search for new medicines to treat childhood diarrhea, which is the second leading cause of death of young children worldwide.

1 Jun 2013

New study provides clear picture of the impact and causes of diarrheal diseases

A new international study published today in The Lancet provides the clearest picture yet of the impact and most common causes of diarrheal diseases, the second leading killer of young children globally, after pneumonia.

14 May 2013

Collaborative research network to understand spread of infectious diseases

The Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study is a collaborative research network funded by the National Institutes of Health that uses computational, statistical and mathematical models to understand the spread of infectious diseases such as influenza, pertussis, West Nile disease, dengue fever and cholera.

30 Apr 2013

Edible malarial vaccine may work against other viral and bacterial infections

Can scientists rid malaria from the Third World by simply feeding algae genetically engineered with a vaccine? That's the question biologists at UC San Diego sought to answer after they demonstrated last May that algae can be engineered to produce a vaccine that blocks malaria transmission.

22 Apr 2013

Study suggests strain with Haiti cholera mutations may increase severity of disease

The cholera strain that transferred to Haiti in 2010 has multiple toxin gene mutations that may account for the severity of disease and is evolving to be more like an 1800s version of cholera, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

17 Apr 2013

Misconduct by Zimbabwe U.N. official might have worsened 2008 cholera outbreak, U.N. tribunal finds

South Africa's Mail & Guardian examines the findings of a recent U.N. tribunal that found misconduct by the former head of the U.N. Development Programme office in Zimbabwe, which led to the 2009 wrongful dismissal of the head of the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs after he warned about the potential for a cholera epidemic.

17 Apr 2013

Cholera epidemic in Haiti expected to worsen with onset of rainy season, lack of funds

"Nearly 2.5 years after it began, Haiti's cholera epidemic is getting worse, not better, and efforts to treat the sick are desperately short of funds, say aid groups on the ground," The Lancet reports.

15 Apr 2013

Study offers new possibilities for developing potent antibacterial drugs

A new study which was performed jointly at Ume- University and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, discovered that bacteria can degrade the cell membrane of bacterial competitors with enzymes that do not harm their own membrane.

5 Apr 2013

U.N. must uphold 'moral obligations' in Haitian cholera epidemic

Noting the "aid group Doctors Without Borders said [on March 12] that the cholera crisis in Haiti was getting worse, for the most unnecessary and appalling of reasons: a lack of money and basic medical supplies," a New York Times editorial states, "The dreadful backdrop to this emergency is an abdication of responsibility by organizations that have pledged to help Haiti, particularly the United Nations."

26 Mar 2013

International community observes World Water Day

U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson on Thursday "launched a call for urgent action to end the crisis of 2.5 billion people without basic sanitation, and to change a situation in which more people worldwide have mobile phones than toilets," the U.N. News Centre reports (3/21).

25 Mar 2013

Haiti fighting cholera by recycling human waste into fertilizer

The Guardian describes a program being run by Soil (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods) in Haiti, in which human waste is being collected and recycled "into fertile soil, simultaneously helping to fight cholera and deforestation, and revive food production."

13 Mar 2013

Blog reports on case of 'U.N. cholera denial' in Zimbabwe

"There is understandable outrage over the United Nation's reaction to its role in first creating and then denying responsibility for Haiti's cholera outbreak in 2010 that killed 8,000 people," Todd Moss, vice president for programs and senior fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD), writes in the center's "Global Health Policy" blog.

11 Mar 2013

Editorial, opinion piece address U.N.'s denial of claims for compensation for Haiti cholera victims

The U.N. in February denied claims for compensation from 5,000 victims of the Haiti cholera epidemic, stating the claims were "non-receivable" under article 29 of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations.

6 Mar 2013

Haiti launches $2.2B, 10-year plan to eradicate cholera

"The Haitian government's $2.2 billion, 10-year plan to eradicate cholera was launched on Wednesday against the backdrop of the U.N.'s rejection of a legal claim from more than 5,000 victims" that sought compensation for the cholera epidemic, which "has killed more than 8,000 people and infected nearly 648,000" and is thought to have been started by a U.N. peacekeeping mission, the Guardian reports.

1 Mar 2013

U.N.'s assertion of immunity in cholera outbreak is morally, legally 'right' decision

"When U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invoked diplomatic immunity last week for peacekeepers who unwittingly caused the cholera outbreak that killed nearly 8,000 Haitians, his decision looked cold-hearted," but "sympathy for Haitians should not mask the necessity of the secretary-general's decision," Boston Globe correspondent Juliette Kayyem writes in an opinion piece in the newspaper.

1 Mar 2013

U.N.'s legal immunity, refusal to compensate Haitians for cholera claims 'cheapens its larger mission'

Noting the U.N. last week "announced that Haitian claims for compensation weren't receivable under article 29 of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations," Armin Rosen, a writer and producer for The Atlantic's international channel, writes in an opinion piece in the magazine, "If a multinational corporation behaved the way the U.N. did in Haiti, it would be sued for stratospheric amounts of money."

28 Feb 2013

U.N. must do more to fight cholera in Haiti

Noting U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week cited diplomatic immunity in "reject[ing] a legal claim for compensation filed in 2011 on behalf of cholera victims in Haiti," Louise Ivers, a senior health and policy adviser at Partners In Health, writes in a New York Times opinion piece, "Regardless of the merits of this argument, the United Nations has a moral, if not legal, obligation to help solve a crisis it inadvertently helped start."

26 Feb 2013

Families of Haitian cholera victims react to U.N. decision to deny compensation for deaths

"The United Nations has come under heavy political fire for its decision to deny compensation for thousands of victims of cholera in Haiti -- a deadly disease spread by U.N. peacekeepers in the troubled Caribbean nation," Inter Press Service reports.

26 Feb 2013

U.N. claims 'legal immunity' in case seeking compensation for Haiti cholera outbreak; Ban reiterates commitment to eliminating the disease

"The U.N. has taken the rare step of invoking its legal immunity to rebuff claims for compensation from 5,000 victims of the Haiti cholera epidemic, the worst outbreak of the disease in modern times and widely believed to have been caused by U.N. peacekeepers importing the infection into the country," the Guardian reports.

23 Feb 2013

Chagas disease costs $7B annually worldwide, according to study

Chagas disease, transmitted by a bloodsucking insect that bites the face and lips, "costs the world about $7 billion annually, says an analysis just published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases," NPR's "Shots" blog reports.

12 Feb 2013

Cholera News and Research

Latest Cholera News and Research

Saint Louis University extends search for new medicines to treat childhood diarrhea

New study provides clear picture of the impact and causes of diarrheal diseases

Collaborative research network to understand spread of infectious diseases

Edible malarial vaccine may work against other viral and bacterial infections

Study suggests strain with Haiti cholera mutations may increase severity of disease

Misconduct by Zimbabwe U.N. official might have worsened 2008 cholera outbreak, U.N. tribunal finds

Cholera epidemic in Haiti expected to worsen with onset of rainy season, lack of funds

Study offers new possibilities for developing potent antibacterial drugs

U.N. must uphold 'moral obligations' in Haitian cholera epidemic

International community observes World Water Day

Haiti fighting cholera by recycling human waste into fertilizer

Blog reports on case of 'U.N. cholera denial' in Zimbabwe

Editorial, opinion piece address U.N.'s denial of claims for compensation for Haiti cholera victims

Haiti launches $2.2B, 10-year plan to eradicate cholera

U.N.'s assertion of immunity in cholera outbreak is morally, legally 'right' decision

U.N.'s legal immunity, refusal to compensate Haitians for cholera claims 'cheapens its larger mission'

U.N. must do more to fight cholera in Haiti

Families of Haitian cholera victims react to U.N. decision to deny compensation for deaths

U.N. claims 'legal immunity' in case seeking compensation for Haiti cholera outbreak; Ban reiterates commitment to eliminating the disease

Chagas disease costs $7B annually worldwide, according to study

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