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WHO agrees to tackle research on neglected diseases (AFP via Yahoo)
WHO agrees to tackle research on neglected diseasesCampaigners on Saturday welcomed a World Health Organization pledge to tackle research and funding gaps concerning some of the developing world's biggest killer diseases.
Member countries are expected to hold talks later this year on an expert group's recommendations that a globally binding convention is needed to address neglected tropical diseases (NTD), tuberculosis and others currently overlooked by the research industry.
It follows a meeting of the WHO's decision-making body, the World Health Assembly in Geneva, where members adopted a resolution calling on director general Margaret Chan to set up the meeting.
The document, the result of three days of negotiations, meanwhile urges governments and the private sector to boost investment in health research for diseases which disproportionately affect the developing world.
http://news.yahoo.com/agrees-tackle-research-neglected-diseases-134645414.html
