| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 205 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
A changing landscape in global health -- The "other diseases": the neglected tropical diseases -- Introducing blue marble health (BMH) -- East Asia : China, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea -- India -- Sub-Saharan Africa : Nigeria and South Africa -- Middle East and North Africa : ISIS-occupied zones and Saudi Arabia -- In the Americas : Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico -- Australia, Canada, European Union, Russian Federation, and Turkey -- United States of America -- The G20 : "a theory of justice" -- A framework for science and vaccine diplomacy -- Future directions |
| Summary |
"In 2011, Dr. Peter J. Hotez relocated to Houston to launch Baylor's National School of Tropical Medicine. He was shocked to discover that a number of neglected diseases often associated with developing countries were widespread in impoverished Texas communities. Despite the United States' economic prowess and first-world status, an estimated 12 million Americans living at the poverty level currently suffer from at least one neglected tropical disease, or NTD. Hotez concluded that the world's neglected diseases-which include tuberculosis, hookworm infection, lymphatic filariasis, Chagas disease, and leishmaniasis-are born first and foremost of extreme poverty. In this book, Hotez describes a new global paradigm known as 'blue marble health, ' through which he asserts that poor people living in wealthy countries account for most of the world's poverty-related illness. By crafting public policy and relying on global partnerships to control or eliminate some of the world's worst poverty-related illnesses, Hotez believes, it is possible to eliminate life-threatening disease while at the same time creating unprecedented opportunities for science and diplomacy."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO), viewed September 7, 2016 |
| Subject |
Poor -- Health and hygiene.
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Tropical medicine -- Economic aspects
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World health -- Economic aspects
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Neglected Diseases -- economics
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Poverty Areas
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Global Health -- economics
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Health Equity -- economics
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Tropical Medicine -- economics
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare.
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Poor -- Health and hygiene
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781421420479 |
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1421420473 |
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