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Published on December 11, 2017 - 17:11 GMT

Havana meeting on the Neglected Tropical Fungal Disease Chromoblastomycosis, doctors call on authorities to take action

HAVANA, CUBA, December 11, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Alongside the 80th anniversary of the Cuban Tropical Medicine Institute, 200 scientists and doctors sought common actions to reduce the stigmatizing burden of chromoblastomycosis. This persistent and …

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Published on December 11, 2017 - 17:10 GMT

Reunión en la Habana sobre la Enfermedad Tropical Fungicida Desatendida, Cromoblastomicosis, llama a las autoridades

HAVANA, CUBA, December 11, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Junto con el 80 aniversario del Instituto Cubano de Medicina Tropical, 200 médicos y científicos buscaron acciones comunes para reducir la carga de Cromoblastomicosis. Esta infección micótica progresiva …

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Published on December 4, 2017 - 10:50 GMT

New atlas aims to improve diagnosis and treatment of life threatening fungal infections affecting 3 million Pakistanis

KARACHI , SINDH, PAKISTAN , December 4, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Skin specialists around Pakistan have highlighted the fact that common fungal infections affecting the skin are now the leading cause of patients visiting skin hospital and clinics. Despite …

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Published on October 17, 2017 - 12:02 GMT

Killer Fungus to take over Manchester Science Festival

MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, October 17, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- World leading research from one European and 12 UK universities including Aberdeen and Manchester, and which focuses on potentially deadly fungi, is being showcased in a fun and innovative …

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Published on October 2, 2017 - 09:28 GMT

Already saving lives from fungal disease – GAFFI’s 4-year legacy

MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, October 2, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Global Action Fund for Fungal infections, GAFFI,has been operational for 4 years and among its many successes, none is more important or indicative of its work, than directly saving …

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Published on July 18, 2017 - 15:28 GMT

Fungal Disease expert urges Government to review house building regulations

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, July 18, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- At a meeting of the Parliamentary and Scientific committee in the House of Commons, Professor David Denning from Manchester University called on government to review current building regulations …

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Published on June 26, 2017 - 10:41 GMT

Tulips from Amsterdam, roses from Columbia: how these beautiful bulbs and flowers are spreading a deadly legacy

Scientists question the use of certain fungicides used on imported flowers and bulbs following evidence that they induce resistance to some anti-fungal drugs. MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, June 26, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Researchers in Manchester are …

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Published on June 5, 2017 - 00:00 GMT

Poor farmer’s Fungal Skin Condition gets approval from WHO as ‘neglected’ after lobbying by GAFFI

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, June 5, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- GAFFI (Global Action For Fungal Infection) today welcomes news from the World Health Organisation (WHO) that it has classed the disease known as chromoblastomycosis - a disfiguring fungal disease of …

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Published on May 7, 2017 - 23:15 GMT

Fungal meningitis still killing over 180,000 people each year dispite drugs being available to save lives

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, May 7, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- International HIV experts on fungal meningitis in AIDS report finding nearly 250,000 cases annually, 73% in sub-Saharan Africa. Fungal meningitis due to the Cryptococcus fungus typically affects those …

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Published on April 4, 2017 - 23:00 GMT

Ruling by World Health Organization delights doctors

Today’s announcement that three drugs capable of reducing deaths in hundreds of thousands of people worldwide have been given essential medicines status. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, April 4, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- GAFFI (Global Action Fund for Fungal …

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Published on March 15, 2017 - 00:15 GMT

New evidence to help fight the yeast superbug that experts say is a real threat to our global health

MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, March 15, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- UK scientists are reporting that a deadly form of a drug resistant yeast that has caused hospital outbreaks and deaths across the world is sensitive to the disinfectant most widely used to …

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Published on March 8, 2017 - 00:15 GMT

New model for saving millions of lives from Fungal Disease being implemented

GAFFI annual report on fungal diseases: highlights progress but scale of global work still to be done MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, March 8, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- GAFFI (Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections) has today published its third annual …

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Published on February 21, 2017 - 00:00 GMT

The burden of fungal disease: New evidence to show the scale of the problem across the globe

MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, February 21, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Estimates never before attempted, show the number of people affected by serious fungal diseases in 14 of the worst affected countries across the globe have just been published *. …

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Published on January 17, 2017 - 00:00 GMT

Delivering on Antimicrobial Resistance agenda (AMR) not possible without improving fungal diagnostic capabilities

Report warns that ignorance of fungal disease and lack of diagnostics across the world is causing doctors to unknowingly over-prescribe antibiotics GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, January 17, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Experts from GAFFI (the Global Action Fund for …

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Published on January 9, 2017 - 15:45 GMT

Important honour for University Hospital of South Manchester doctors and scientists fighting fungal diseases

The University Hospital of South Manchester (UHSM) recognised as a centre of excellence for the treatment of aspergillosis and other fungal infections MANCHESTER, UK, January 9, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The inauguration of the European Confederation of …

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Published on September 6, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Manchester first as e-learning course in fungal microscopy is launched worldwide to help save lives

Experts in Manchester have developed the world’s first Fungal Microscopy online course. MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, September 6, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Scientists estimate that of the 5 million fungus species on Earth around 600 cause disease in …

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Published on August 10, 2016 - 22:01 GMT

Millions Deprived of Life Saving Antifungal Medicines

A new report published today in the esteemed Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, documents how many countries do not have life-saving antifungal therapies. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, August 11, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The world is in the grip of a global …

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Published on April 19, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Out of this world research to find new medicines welcomed by Manchester scientists

Scientists in Manchester welcome the decision by NASA to send fungus into space to try and create new drugs to help treat diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, April 19, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Expert researchers …

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Published on February 16, 2016 - 12:58 GMT

New campaign launches today to alert South American countries of deadly cause of AIDS deaths.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, February 16, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A campaign to convince Latin American countries to do more to tackle a problem which is the leading cause of death in AIDS and yet is poorly understood, often misdiagnosed and frequently left …

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Published on February 8, 2016 - 18:28 GMT

Honey’s potential to save lives by destroying harmful fungus

A graduate from The University of Manchester has discovered a powerful link between a medicinal type of honey and the destruction of a fungus that can kill MANCHESTER, GREATER MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, February 8, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The healing …

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