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Under the Big Tree : Extraordinary Stories From the Movement to End Neglected Tropical Diseases by Agler, Ellen, Crigler, Mojie is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over one billion of the world's poorest people. More than 170,000 people die from NTDs each year, and many more suffer from blindness, disability, disfigurement, cognitive impairment, and stunted growth. Yet NTDs are treatable and preventable, and the annual cost of treatment is incredibly low.In Under the Big Tree, public health leader Ellen Agler and award-winning writer Mojie Crigler tell the moving stories of those struggling with these diseases and the life-saving work that can be—and has been—done to combat NTDs. They introduce readers to people from all walks of life—from car washers in Lake Victoria and surgeons on motorbikes to under-resourced local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and Big Pharma scientists—as they chronicle what has been called the largest public health program in the world. On the one hand, the solutions are simple: deliver medication to people who need it and leverage local systems...ISBN : 9781421427232

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Author

Agler, Ellen, Crigler, Mojie

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781421427249

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Political Science, Social Science