Date
May 2017
Document Type
Presentation
Description
This is the Research Retreat's Keynote presentation by Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., who is Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics and Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Hotez is also Former U.S. Science Envoy. Dr. Hotez discusses neglected topical diseases that are highly prevalent among the poor and endemic in rural areas of low-income countries, such as Ascariasis, Trichuriasis, Hookworm Disease, Schistosomiasis, Dengue and many others.
Keywords
tropical medicine, neglected tropical diseases, poverty, global burden of disease
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Keynote Address: New Poverty-Related Neglected Diseases (‘The NTDs’)
This is the Research Retreat's Keynote presentation by Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., who is Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics and Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Hotez is also Former U.S. Science Envoy. Dr. Hotez discusses neglected topical diseases that are highly prevalent among the poor and endemic in rural areas of low-income countries, such as Ascariasis, Trichuriasis, Hookworm Disease, Schistosomiasis, Dengue and many others.