A fungal disease diagnostic and educational programme has had a transformational impact on the mortality of HIV patients in Guatemala, according to new research. The programme, say scientists at the Asociación de Salud Integral (ASI) in Guatemala City and The University of Manchester, will save lives in countries across the developing world if implemented. The… Read more »
Una nueva publicación alerta del impacto que ha tenido un programa de educación y diagnóstico de la enfermedad fúngica en la supervivencia de los pa cientes que viven con el HIV en Guatemala Científicos de la Asociación de Salud Integral (ASI) de la Ciudad de Guatemala y de la Universidad de Manchester afirman que… Read more »
GAFFI press release Following on from major steps forward since its inception in 2013, GAFFI has adjusted its strategy with a new emphasis on strong partnerships to: 1. Actively advocate for Essential Diagnostics and Antifungals to be accessible in each country as part of Universal Healthcare; 2. Empower and expand GAFFI’s Ambassadors, starting in Africa… Read more »
The 2021 list of new Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology has included Professor David Denning. The Academy, the honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology, recognizes excellence, originality, service and leadership in the microbial sciences. Election to the Academy is a mark of distinction. Nominated by Professor Neil Gow FRS… Read more »
You are invited to attend the following event: When: Jan 29, 2021 02:30 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna Topic: 3rd Essential Diagnostics’ List Launch Webinar Link: (Please register in advance for this webinar) https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WXNKujhjQKGqLbTqa8RxEA WHO accepts rapid tests for life threatening fungal diseases aspergillosis and Pneumocystis pneumonia as ‘Essential Diagnostics’ The World Health Organisation,… Read more »
Today the World Health Organisation, Geneva launched its 10 year NTD Roadmap which has a major focus on skin NTDs. Over 50% of NTDs relate to the skin and are often associated with stigmatisation, mental health issues and long-term disability. Globally, skin diseases are the third most prevalent cause of illness and one of the… Read more »
A study has shown that nearly 1 in 5 school-age children in Africa have a fungal infection of the scalp referred to as tinea capitis with a reported 138 million cases of the infection found among school-age children in Africa, in the first African estimate of this disease. The investigative team led by Dr Felix… Read more »
On World AIDS Day, experts from multiple African, European and American institutions have put out an alarm call to prioritise a strategy “to end deaths from HIV-related cryptococcal meningitis by 2030.”– in a commentary published in the prestigious journal Lancet Infectious Diseases. Undiagnosed and untreated fungal meningitis in AIDS caused by Cryptococcus is always fatal,… Read more »
Este artículo también está disponible en inglés. Según un estudio liderado por investigadores de Manchester, Londres y Nairobi realizado en los países de renta media y baja, anualmente ocurren entre 1 y 1,4 millones de infecciones fúngicas oculares, que dejan a mas de 600.00 personas ciegas. Hoy se publica en el “Lancet Infectious Diseases”,… Read more »
Between 1 and 1.4 million fungal eye infections occur in the developing world per year, leaving over 600,000 blind say researchers from Manchester, London and Nairobi. Lead researcher Lottie Brown from the University of Manchester today published the first estimation of global Fungal keratitis figures in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Infection of the transparent cornea… Read more »
