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Join Dr. William Horsnell and panelists from prestigious institutions across the globe in our live virtual event.

Panelists include Dr Justin Komguep Nono (CDF Fellow) based at UCT.

Panelists will discuss these questions and more:

• Which countries have succeeded in reducing their helminth burdens in endemic populations and which methods were most effective?
• What is the evidence to support the claim that helminth infections suppress auto-immunity and allergic disease?
• What are the current hopes for a hookworm vaccine or vaccines against any other pathogen class?
• Is antihelminthic resistance a growing problem and, if so, what can be done?
• Can big pharma ever be solicited to focus on developing new classes of antihelminthic drugs?

JULY 30, 2019
2:00 – 3:30PM ET (US Eastern)
1:00 – 2:30PM CT (US Central)

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Eminent SA Aids scientist - Prof Salim Abdool Karim - inducted into the Royal Society. Abdool Karim joined about 40 leading scientists globally who were inducted as fellows of the oldest academy at a ceremony in London.

SA’s leading Aids researcher and scientist, Prof Salim Abdool Karim, was inducted on Friday as a fellow of the prestigious science academy the Royal Society. The London-based Royal Society was established in 1660 by royal charter and has included many of the world’s leading scientists over the past four centuries, from Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin to Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Fellowship of the Royal Society is awarded to an individual who has made a “substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science".

https://royalsociety.org/people/salim-abdool-karim-14074/

How would you like to attend The 5th International Trials Methodology Conference in Brighton, UK 6th to 9thOctober 2019?

To celebrate the collaboration between The Global Health Network and the new MRC/NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership, the Global Health Methodology Research Member Hub is excited to announce a competition inviting staff working in trials in low and middle-income countries to propose a trial methodology research study with a chance to win a funded attendance to this upcoming conference.

This competition is open to anyone working in a clinical trial role including; investigator, trial coordinator, statistician, data manager, research nurse, pharmacist and trial laboratory scientist.

The winner would have the unique opportunity to meet other researchers and discuss the current issues within trials and trials methodology. The event will showcase the very latest in trials methodology research and offer plenty of valuable opportunities for networking. The Conference will also mark 10 years since the Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research began in 2009.

For more information or to enter visit:

https://globalresearchmethods.tghn.org/articles/competition-win-funded-attendance-5th-international-trials-methodology-conference-brighton-uk/

The competition closes midnight (GMT+1) 31 July 2019

Here is an exciting opportunity to showcase the groundbreaking research, advocacy and frontline health provision that is taking place at the South African Medical Research Council and in your networks.

The 2019 REACH Awards will be recognizing stories of unsung achievement in disease elimination (Malaria, Tuberculosis, NTDs, and more) and raise awareness of the role of game-changing innovators within the larger global health community. Prominent leaders from across global health disciplines will judge the awards, including:

· Professor Baron Peter Piot, Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

· Dr. Chris Elias, President of Global Development Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

· Dr. Maha Barakat, Executive Chair of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership

The winners will receive an undisclosed monetary prize, media visibility and the opportunity to come to Abu Dhabi’s Reaching the Last Mile Forum in November to receive the awards in front of high level global health leaders such as Bill Gates and Dr. Tedros.

About the 2019 REACH Awards

The REACH Awards uniquely honor unsung heroes working in the field of disease elimination who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and commitment. Categories include:

· The Unsung Hero Award honors an extraordinary individual who has played a transformative, frontline role in the field of disease elimination, and has been under-recognized for his or her efforts.

· The Game-changing Innovator Award recognizes an individual who has developed and implemented a creative technology or practice in support of disease elimination.

· The Rising Champion Award celebrates an individual who is championing a cause related to disease elimination.

Nominations will remain open until July 12.

The Awards will be presented at the biennial Reaching the Last Mile Forum in November in front government officials, bilateral and multilateral aid leaders, global health experts, and industry leaders.