neglected-tropical-diseases-update
September 09, 2021
Update on the neglected tropical diseases movement and impact.
Professor Peter Hotez, one of the founders of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) movement, discusses its evolution and progress that has impacted more than 1 billion of the world’s poorest people over the last two decades. NTDs include chronic and debilitating infections such as schistosomiasis, hookworm infection, river blindness, lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, and scabies.
Dr. Hotez discusses the work to accelerate mass treatment and new drug, diagnostic, and vaccine development for people living in extreme poverty, as well as the third edition of his book Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases.
In this recorded webinar, you will:
- Learn about the origins of the NTDs and how these conditions affect vulnerable populations living in low- and middle-income countries.
- Review the impact of the NTDs on girls and women living in poverty and child development.
- Explore the development of new drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines and the key role of nonprofit product development partnerships.
SPONSORS: ASM Press and Wiley
Speaker:
Professor Peter Hotez
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Professor Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, DSc (hon), FASTMH, FAAP, is Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology and Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, where he is also the Texas Children’s Hospital Chair in Tropical Pediatrics and co-director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he is the author of more than 600 scientific publications and four single-author books. Dr. Hotez appears frequently on CNN, MSNBC, and other news outlets and has become a major spokesperson for public health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
