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May 4, 2015
Tracking Worms Troubles to Monitor a Country’s Health
To draw attention to the connection between worms and prosperity, Peter Hotez, fellow in disease and poverty, and Jennifer Herricks, postdoctoral fellow in disease and poverty, recently created a “worm index” that ranks the world’s 25 most populous countries by how big a problem they have with three types of worms. The index then compares those countries by their rankings in the United Nations human development index.