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NEW WORLD SUMMIT ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES (NWSID TINAPA 2009)

There are hundreds of efforts underway to address the spread of infectious diseases that ravage the most resource poor parts of the world. These many programs and approaches, representing billions of dollars each year, are a compassionate response to this ongoing human tragedy.

New World Foundation is a Biomedical Research Charity that is poised to eradicating infectious diseases from existence in developing countries. New World Foundation started off in Nigeria in 2001 and today it has expanded its reach to over 88 developing countries. We operate around seven core areas: Public Engagement, Philanthropy, Pharmaceutics, Special Volunteer Schemes, Biomedical Research, Science Funding and Hospital Services. Come October 20^th to 25^th, 2009, the world will converge at Africa’s Largest Resort, TINAPA, Calabar, Nigeria for the New World Summit on Infectious Diseases (NIGERIA NWSID 2009), This event is been hosted by the New World Foundation. It will be the highest gathering of experts in the Biomedical Research circle, Academic Scholars, Pharmaceutical giants, Non Governmental Organizations, Federal and State Parastatals, Intergovernmental Organizations and Multinational companies. We are expecting well over 15,000 delegates from different parts of the world to be part of this event.

The summit registration is free, as the Local Organizing Committee will carter for all the conference materials, accommodation, feeding and all transportation of participants while in Nigeria for the summit.

This summit is a unique opportunity to bring together the most influential leaders in infectious disease from the worlds of science, academia, policy-makers, NGO's, and industry to identify new and collaborative paths toward real progress against this health care crisis of immense human suffering.

The Premise of the Summit

Humankind has been battling infectious diseases since the dawn of the species. Though there have been many victories over the centuries, this is a war not yet won. HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria continue to exact a severe toll on the lives and livelihoods of families in highly endemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa, with annual death tolls reaching over two million people for HIV/AIDS, one million people for malaria and over half a million people for tuberculosis.

The health systems in sub-Saharan Africa face severe challenges in addressing these infectious diseases and other healthcare needs.  In addition to the lack of physical infrastructure and financial resources to provide adequate healthcare, countries are beset with a crippling shortage of trained healthcare workers.  While sub-Saharan Africa has 24% of the global disease burden, it has only 3% of the worldwide healthcare workforce and accounts for less than 1% of global healthcare spending.  Due to the significant “brain drain” of health workers, one-quarter of African physicians and one in 20 African nurses are currently working outside of the continent.  At every level of the health system – doctors, nurses, community health workers, pharmacists and researchers – there is an urgent need for a dramatic increase in trained healthcare professionals.

Summit Objectives

• Strengthen collaborative partnerships between industry, science & academia, development and government through a more horizontal approach to the prevention and control of infectious diseases
• Map current and planned infectious diseases capacity building initiatives against Summit topics to identify functional gaps and redundancies and share best practices
• Better coordinate and evaluate projects and define how successful models can be replicated
• Determine opportunities to partner on initiatives across a set of capacity building topics that leverage the complimentary capabilities of participants

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Signed

 DR. ECHEFU BRIGHT

Executive Director, New World Foundation International

Program Coordinator, NWSID 2009