Research & Development: To develop a safe, efficacious, and low-cost vaccine (the Human Hookworm Vaccine) in order to reduce the burden of disease caused by human hookworm infection.
Dissemination: To ensure that the Human Hookworm Vaccine is made available to impoverished people living in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
Innovation: To conduct basic and applied research that will facilitate the development of new tools for hookworm control.
Advocacy: To make the scientific and lay communities aware of the importance of human hookworm infection and related neglected diseases as public health threats.
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