There is an initiative afoot in Latin America and the Caribbean to tackle the problem of parasitic infectious diseases such as Dengue Fever. The International Development Bank (IDB) has teamed up with the PAHO (Pan American Health Organization) and the Global Network to, as IDB president Luis Alberto Morena stated, “to put an end to…preventable and controllable diseases” in our region. The funds for this initiative have come from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
US2.5M of these monies will be turned over to the IDB by the Global Network and the Sabin Vaccine Institute by signed co-financing agreement. The Sabin Institute will design a special lending mechanism to facilitate the disbursement of sub-grants to deserving beneficiaries at the governmental and non-governmental levels to help them develop integrated plans targeting Dengue, lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), plague and other neglected infectious diseases (NIDs).
Source: stabroeknews.com
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