Funding social innovation for health with research funds for development.

Why and when is it appropriate and relevant to use research funds for social innovation to support both conventional scholarly researchers and non-researchers working in collaboration?

A Mechanism for Reviewing Investments in Health Research Capacity Strengthening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

More than 40 agencies that fund health research capacity strengthening in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) participate in the ESSENCE Health Research initiative, which has established a mechanism for reviewing and coordinating their funding. Taken together, the expected outcomes of implementation of the review mechanism are increases in the efficiency and equity in health research capacity strengthening activities with decreased duplication of efforts. The overall goal is increased support of research on national health priorities as well as improved pandemic preparedness in LMICs, and, eventually, fewer countries with very limited research capacity.

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Due to .

is the main causative species for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Ethiopia. Despite its considerable burden, has been one of the most neglected species. In this review, published evidence on history, geography, vector, reservoir, epidemiology, parasitology, and immunology is discussed and knowledge gaps are outlined.

New insights into leishmaniasis in the immunosuppressed.

Immunosuppression contributes significantly to the caseload of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). HIV coinfection, solid organ transplantation, malnutrition, and helminth infections are the most important immunosuppression-related factors. This review briefly describes the challenges of these associations.