Events 2013

[June 4-5, 2013]
A Decade of R&D for Neglected Diseases in Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
On the occasion of DNDi’s 10^th anniversary, DNDi and founding partner KEMRI bring together key African decision-makers and public health actors for this special event to explore the challenges and opportunities for research & development for neglected diseases in Africa - past and future!

[May 24, 2013]
GHIT Fund
Geneva, Switzerland
Innovative Financing for Global Health R&D
Global Health Experts Comment on Japan’s First Public-Private Partnership to Advance Global Health R&D

[May 13-17, 2013]
World Leish 5
Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brazil
The Fifth World Leishmaniasis Congress is organized by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 
the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, the Brazilian Society of Protozoology, and the
Brazilian Society of Parasitology.

[February 15 - March 24, 2013]
Swiss Malaria Group Photo Competition 
Switzerland
Malaria: The BIG Picture.
Have you got a photo that can tell a story about malaria? 

[April 15-19, 2013]
Chagas Week
Cochabamba, Bolivia
COHEMI Symposium on NTDs and Migration/International Symposium on Chagas Disease/Chagas Disease Clinical Research Platform Meeting

[December 13-14, 2012]
Lives in the Balance: Delivering medical innovations for neglected diseases and populations
New York, USA
This DNDi/MSF event launched DNDi's 10-year anniversary

[November 11-15, 2012]
ASTMH 2012
Atlanta, USA
DNDi hosted a session on Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL), and was also present with oral presentations and posters.

[October 21-14, 2012]
World Health Summit
Berlin, Germany
DNDi hosted a session entitled "Overcoming Regulatory Barriers to Meet Priority Health Needs in Developing Countries - Putting Theory into Practice", and gave presentations in other sessions.

[October 3, 2012]
A Decade of R&D for Neglected Patients
DNDi Asia
Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Public event organized by DNDi and the Ministry of Health, Malaysia

[September 23-27, 2012]
ICTMM
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DNDi hosted two session in the XVIII International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria

[August 17, 2012]
Neglected Diseases Forum
Campinas, Brazil
On August 17, 2012, the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) held the Forum "From basic to applied research: the challenges of drugs for neglected diseases."

[July 22-27, 2012]
AIDS 2012: XIX International AIDS Conference
Washington, USA
At the meeting, DNDi co-organized two sessions: one in collaboration with Médecins
Sans Frontières (MSF) and Health Global Access Project on "Proposals for a Global
Innovation System that Responds to Patients Needs and Ensures both Innovation
and Access" and a second one with the International AIDS Society-Industry Liaison
Forum (IAS-ILF) on the topic "Catching Children Before They Fall: Addressing Urgent
Needs in Developing Drugs for Young Children Living with HIV".

[June 27-29, 2012]
PKDL Forum
New Delhi, India
OneWorld Health and Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative Convene PKDL Forum.
International experts gathered in New Delhi, India, for three days of sessions and workshops to discuss post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL).

[Septmber 23-27, 2012]
ICTMM
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DNDi hosted 3 sessions at the XVIII International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria.

[June 18-21, 2012]
Fexinidazole Investigators Training
Kinshasa, DRC

[June 13-16, 2012]
15th ICID
Bangkok, Thailand
DNDi presented a poster on ASMQ partnerships
More on the meeting

[May 21-26, 2012]
65th World Health Assembly
Geneva, Switzerland
DNDi-MSF press briefing
MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012, 11:00 AM

[May 18, 2012]
Sanitary Regulation - challenges in a world without borders: improving cooperation among Drug Regulatory Agencies
Geneva, Switzerland
DNDi attended this informal meeting organized by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) and the WHO, previous to the World Health Assembly.

[April 24-26, 2012]
Forum 2012
COHRED / Global Forum for Health Research
Cape Town, South Africa
The Council on Health Research and Development Group (The COHRED Group) in collaboration with partners and Governments, launched a new series of Global Forum for Health Research meetings on the theme: ‘Beyond aid...research and innovation as key drivers of health, equity and development’

[April 18-21, 2012]
Geneva Health Forum 2012
Geneva, Switzerland
Giving voice to the frontliners of health, this year's edition of the GHF focuses on chronic
conditions. DNDi and MSF co-hosted a session on adult chronic Chagas disease.

[January 30, 2012]
Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases
London, UK
A group of international partners announced a new, coordinated push to accelerate
progress toward eliminating or controlling 10 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by
the end of the decade. Uniting efforts with NTD-endemic countries, partners pledged
to bring a unique focus to defeating these diseases and to work together to improve
the lives of the 1.4 billion people worldwide affected by NTDs.