With public health efforts focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, writes fellow Peter Hotez, global health programs have diverted attention away from neglected tropical diseases …
"This is a moment to prioritise health over short-term political calculations," write fellow Peter Hotez, Rekha Lakshmanan and nine other experts in a Lancet …
As the 21st century brings increasing urbanization and declines in global health, how can humans combat epidemic infectious diseases? Author Peter Hotez, fellow in …
Preventive chemotherapy has saved lives on a scale that appears to have exceeded its intended impact on seven neglected tropical diseases, the authors write.
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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