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COVID-19 and Black America: Lessons Learned from Past Health Inequities

26 February 2021

What we commonly know now as “The Tuskegee Syphilis Study” is perhaps the most well-known example of unethical treatment of Black Americans by the US medical community, but by no means the only.

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Neglected Tropical Diseases: 21st Century Ancient Afflictions of the Poor and Vulnerable

11.10.16

Sabin Vaccine Institute President Dr. Peter Hotez gave the keynote address on NTDs at the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers’ XXXI International Conference, focused on NTDs and rare diseases.

G7 Leaders Commit to Research and Development for NTDs

06.02.16

Last year, the leaders of some of the wealthiest nations pledged help control and eliminate the most common neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2020.

Nobel Honors for Medicine Elevate NTD Elimination to the Next Level

12.14.15

by Baroness Helene Hayman

The Results are In: U.S. Government Investments in Health

09.11.14

Results released by the U.S. Government (USG) in September reveal that since fiscal year (FY) 2009, more than $50 billion has been invested by the USG in foreign assistance for health, saving millions of lives.

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