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Center for Health Policy | Global Health | Journal

Impact of the Neglected Tropical Diseases on Human Development in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Nations

November 25, 2015 | Peter J. Hotez, Jennifer R. Herricks
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Peter J. Hotez

Senior Fellow in Disease and Humanity

Jennifer R. Herricks

Baker Institute Postdoctoral Fellow | Baylor College of Medicine

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The employment of a new “worm index” of human development, together with additional published health information, confirms the important role neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) play in hindering the advancement of many of the world’s Muslim-majority countries.

Read the full article in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003782
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