Ascariasis
How to Cure 1 Billion People? Defeat Neglected Tropical Diseases
December 17, 2009
Sabin President Dr. Peter Hotez details how 1 billion individuals suffering from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) can be easily treated in “How to Cure 1 Billion People?—Defeat Neglected Tropical Diseases” released today in the January 2010 issue of Scientific American.
Key Concepts discussed in the article include:
- A group of seven tropical diseases, mostly caused by parasitic worms, afflict a billion impoverished people worldwide. They seldom kill directly but cause lifelong misery that stunts children’s growth, leaves adults unable to function to their fullest, and heightens the risk of other diseases.
- Fortunately, they can be easily treated, often with a single pill. Various agencies and foundations are collaborating to deliver these drugs, although they have reached only about 10 percent of the population so far.
- The U.S. has its own neglected parasitic diseases that affect millions of rural and urban poor.
Access the full article on Scientific American's website here.
A Constitutional Amendment for Deworming
2009
In February 2009, The Washington Post reported that three South American countries, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, have either launched or completed ambitious efforts to rewrite their constitutions in order to expand the social and economic rights guaranteed to its citizens [2]. The fact that millions of indigenous children and women in Latin America suffer from intestinal helminth infections is especially tragic because we can do something about these conditions through interventions that are astonishingly low cost [4].
The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Devastating Health and Economic Impact on the Member Nations of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference
2009
by Peter J. Hotez
Never a Greater Need: Social Investment and Philanthropy in Times of Crisis
15 April 2009
Kari Stoever of Sabin Vaccine Institute/Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases will be a featured speaker at a breakfast sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Group of Institutes, Foundations and Enterprises (GIFE), Schwab Foundation, and Synergos Institute in conjunction with the World Economic Forum on Latin American being held from April 14th to April 16th, 2009.
Peter Hotez, Sabin Institute Featured in USA Today
March 24, 2009
USA Today
This Scientist's Passion: Ending the Scourge of Parasitic Diseases
Just 50 Cents: A Best Buy in Public Health
March 23, 2009
Neglected tropical diseases threaten millions throughout the developing world each year, but for just 50 cents, you can help fund a rapid-impact package of medications to treat the seven most common NTDs. Watch the video to learn more and find out how you change the world – through just 50 cents. Donate now!
Neglected Disease Research & Development: How Much are We Really Spending?
2009
Moran M, Guzman J, Ropars A:, McDonald A, Sturm T, Jameson N, Wu L, Ryan S, Umune B (2009) Neglected Disease Research & Development: How Much Are We Really Spending? The George Institute for International Health, February 2009.
Ascariasis
Ascariasis, also known as roundworm, is an intestinal infection caused by the parasitic worm Ascaris lumbricoides, and is part of a family of parasites known as the soil-transmitted helminths
Neglected Infections of Poverty in the United States of America
2008
In the United States, there is a largely hidden burden of diseases caused by a group of chronic and debilitating parasitic, bacterial, and congenital infections known as the neglected infections of poverty.
The Other Hainan
April 11, 2001
Hainan is home to the highest concentration of endemic tropical diseases in China
The collision between a Chinese F-8 fighter and an American Navy EP-3 electronic reconnaissance plane over the tropical island of Hainan threatens to cast a Cold
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