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Author Hotez, Peter J., author.

Title Blue marble health : an innovative plan to fight diseases of the poor amid wealth / Peter J. Hotez ; with a foreword by Cher.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 205 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Poor -- Health and hygiene.
Poor -- Health and hygiene.
Tropical medicine -- Economic aspects.
Tropical medicine.
World health -- Economic aspects.
World health.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Hotez, Peter J. Blue marble health. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016 9781421420462 (DLC) 2015046697 (OCoLC)930786505
ISBN 9781421420479 (electronic book)
1421420473 (electronic book)
1421420473 (electronic)
9781421420462
1421420465