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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hotez, Peter J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--Health and hygiene.

Poor.

Tropical medicine--Economical aspects.

Tropical medicine.

World health--Economic aspects.

World health.

Neglected Diseases--economics.

Poverty Areas.

Global Health--economics.

Health Equity--economics.

Tropical Medicine--economics.

Medical Subjects:

Neglected Diseases--economics.

Poverty Areas.

Global Health--economics.

Health Equity--economics.

Tropical Medicine--economics.

Physical Description:

xiii, 205 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781421420462

1421420465

OCLC:

930786505