Blue Marble Health: An Innovative Plan to Fight Diseases of the Poor amid Wealth

Synopsis

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. 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. Peter J. Hotez ; Foreword By Cher. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.