Since the first reports of the coronavirus surfaced in China two months ago, Baker Institute experts have provided a range of perspectives on the …
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Fellow Peter Hotez compares the dangerous effects of three diseases with the minimal side effects of their corresponding vaccines.
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The authors discuss Pakistan’s challenges with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and their impact on poverty, child development and overall health in the country.
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Treating intestinal worm infections leads to improved human development and childhood education, shows a study by Center for Health & Biosciences postdoctoral fellow SuJin …
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March 26, 2020, 3 p.m.
The Global Health Program examines the determinants and impact of health throughout the world, with a focus on neglected tropical diseases and the economics of health care policy in low-income settings. Areas of study include health and technology policy, maternal and child health, and the socioeconomic determinants of health in developing countries as well as wealthy countries such as the Group of 20 nations, where extreme poverty exists but is often overlooked.
Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., is the Baker Institute fellow in disease and poverty. He is dean of the National School of …
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