Even half of the $2 billion spent on the U.S. presidential campaign this year could go a long way toward controlling and eliminating neglected tropical diseases. Published Nov. 13, 2012, on Huffington Post Healthy Living.
Kirstin R.W. Matthews, Ph.D., is a fellow in science and technology policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and a lecturer in the Department of BioSciences at Rice University. She is also a track advisor for the Wiess …
Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., is the Baker Institute fellow in disease and poverty. He is dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of …