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Home About Us News & Resources Support Sabin Sabin in the News October 2011 The Sabin Report | Volume 13 Issue 2 New York Times article featuring Dr. Peter Hotez's new study on increased Sabin Vaccine Institute Establishes a Houston prevalence of NTDs in Europe. Office Drs. Ciro de Quadros and In September 2011, the Zulfiqar Bhutta highlight Sabin Vaccine Institute the dire need for a dengue established offices in vaccine in an opinion Houston, Texas in the piece for GlobalPost. heart of the city's Texas Medical Center (TMC). The In an interview on Voice of new facilities will house the America Dr. Peter Hotez Sabin Vaccine Institute & focused on NTDs in Sub- Texas Children's Hospital Saharan Africa. Center for Vaccine Development, which will be An article by Dr. Neeraj operated in partnership Mistry was featured in a with Baylor College of special supplemental Medicine Department of section of the USA today, Pediatrics. Sabin Dr. Hotez and team at Sabin's new Houston facility titled "Neglected Diseases President, Dr. Peter J. in Developing Nations". Hotez will direct the new center. In an op-ed for the Houston Chronicle, Dr. The new space includes offices and laboratories through which the Peter Hotez writes about Sabin Vaccine Institute Product Development Partnership (PDP) will the establishment of the advance and strengthen its collaborative work in the field of vaccine new School of Tropical biotechnology. The change is the result of a year-long plan to expand Medicine at Baylor College the scope and depth of the Sabin PDP's partnership and to enhance of Medicine. its ability to accelerate the development of new vaccines and provide effective global solutions for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The Center for Vaccine Development was established in conjunction with the creation of the National School for Tropical Medicine at Recent scientific Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Hotez serves as the Dean of the National School for Tropical Medicine, and Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, articles Baylor College of Medicine's Director for Product Development, serves as the Associate Dean. This collaborative effort between "Central Asia's Hidden Sabin Vaccine Institute, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor Burden of Neglected College of Medicine reaffirms and solidifies the Sabin PDP's role as a Tropical Diseases," co- leader for innovative solutions to NTDs, while creating a new focal authored by Dr. Peter point in the field of tropical medicine education. Hotez was published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS) Neglected Tropical Sneak Peak: END7 Campaign Diseases in September. Two papers co-authored This fall, the Global Network for by Dr. Ciro de Quadros appeared in the Strungmann Forum Report this September, Neglected Tropical Diseases (Global Network) is launching the END7 titled "Group Report: campaign to call attention to the importance of controlling and Assessing the Feasibility eliminating NTDs as a catalyst for improved health and economic of an Eradication outcomes in impoverished communities. Initiative" and "Measles and Rubella in the By harnessing the power of social media, celebrity endorsers (to be Americas." revealed after the campaign's launch), videos and an innovative infographic, the Global Network will soon build a new community "Europe's neglected passionate about putting an end to the seven most common NTDs. infections of poverty," co- authored by Dr. Hotez Starting next month, you can help rally support and drive awareness appeared in the by: International Journal of Infectious Diseases in July. Visiting our new web site, END7.org "Liking" the END7 campaign on Facebook "Unleashing 'Civilian Following the END7 campaign on Twitter Power': A New American Encouraging friends and family to donate. Just 50 cents can Diplomacy through treat and protect a child from NTDs for one year. Neglected Tropical Disease Control, We look forward to sharing all of our new materials once END7 Elimination, Research, launches later this fall. Together we can see end. and Development," by Dr. Hotez was published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS) Neglected Tropical Diseases in June. An editorial by Dr. Hotez, Dr. Peter Hotez Wins a Major Award for "Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Catholic Excellence in Inter-American Public Health World," was published by the PLOS Neglected On Monday,September Tropical Diseases in 26, Sabin's president, Dr. April. Peter Hotez, was honored with the prestigious A perspective piece by Abraham Horwitz Award Dr. Hotez and Dr. Neeraj for Excellence in Inter- Mistry, "Integrating American Public Health. Neglected Tropical The annual award, Diseases into AIDS, presented jointly by the Tuberculosis, and Malaria Pan American Health and Control," appeared in the Education Foundation Dr. Hotez receives Abraham Horwitz Award New England Journal of (PAHEF) and the Pan Medicine in June. American Health Organization (PAHO), recognized the major public health contributions that Dr. Hotez has made to improve the lives of people living in the Americas. The Horwitz Award was established in 1975 to honor creative public Sabin Vaccine health leaders whose professional commitment to public health Institute stimulates excellence among their peers, staff and other public health professionals. Dr. Abraham Horwitz, a native of Chile, served as Announces the director of PAHO from 1958 to 1975 and as president of PAHEF from Election of Four 1975 to 2000. Among his many achievements, he laid the groundwork for the eradication of smallpox in the Americas and is New Members to known for organizing Chile's National Health Service. In Horwitz's Board of Trustees mold, winners of this prestigious award selflessly serve the public's health, champion change and manage risks, all for the enhancement The Sabin Vaccine of health beyond their own borders. Institute is pleased to announce the election of A select jury of public health professionals, along with the foundation four new members to the board, chose Dr. Hotez after reviewing a pool of highly qualified organization's Board of nominations. Dr. Hotez and other 2011 winners of PAHEF/PAHO Trustees. awards were honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on September 26. Guests included many distinguished individuals, Baroness Helene including ministers of health, ambassadors from Organization of Hayman (full bio) just American States (OAS) member countries, and private sector completed a five year representatives. term as Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, the For more information on this award, visit the Sabin website. upper chamber of the United Kingdom parliament, where she previously served as a Region Focus: Central Asia and the Hidden Government Minister of State. Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Gary Rosenthal (full bio) Sabin President, Dr. Peter Hotez, along with Dr. Ken Alibek of is a Partner in The Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan recently published an Sterling Group, L.P., a article in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) highlighting the burden private equity group of NTDs in Central Asia. In the study, the two authors point out that headquartered in the region continues to suffer from a post-Soviet economic Houston, Texas and the breakdown that may have contributed to a re-emergence of several Chairman of the Board of NTDs in the area, especially among its most economically Trustees of Texas disadvantaged groups. Children's Hospital. Specifically, the five mostly landlocked Central Asian countries Marc Shapiro (full bio) created after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union - Kazakhstan, currently serves as Non- Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - became Executive Chairman of increasingly vulnerable to NTDs due to a deterioration of health care Chase Bank of Texas. He services and infrastructure. Among the prevalent diseases profiled in is also currently the article, the following was highlighted: Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Baylor Many of the children had at least one soil-transmitted helminth College of Medicine infection. Developmental and cognitive delays have been associated in children with these infections, leading to Alisa Swidler (full bio) is decreased school attendance and low wages earned as one of the world's leading adults. These infections are also responsible for losses in activists and campaigners economic productivity. for funding and awareness across a host In four of the Central Asian nations, cystic echinococcosis - a of aid and health related tapeworm infection spread by dogs and sheep-has increased issues in the developing at least four-fold and is thought to be vastly under-reported. world. There has also been an alarming increase in pediatric cases of this and other zoonotic helminth infections. Despite a considerable decrease in reported malaria cases as Sabin would like a result of indoor residual spraying and mass drug administration of anti-malaria drugs, a large portion of to welcome the Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan populations is still at risk for newest editions to Plasmodium vivax malaria. In Tajikistan, the malaria epidemic is fueled by human migrations from Afghanistan, thwarting our outstanding efforts to eliminate malaria in neighboring countries. staff! You can read the full PLoS article, "Central Asia's Hidden Burden of Amber Cashwell, Policy Neglected Tropical Diseases," here. Officer, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases Coalition against Typhoid Hosts Symposium at Katarina Chiscop, Staff Accountant Cannes Conference Carla Crooks, Contracts The work