The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are among the most common
infections of the world's poorest people and have profound ramifications
on affected populations, including physical, mental, social, and
economic. This third edition of Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases
coincides with the third decade of the NTDs movement, which has given
access to essential NTD preventative treatments and medications to more
than 1 billion people.
Professor Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, one of the founders of the NTD movement,
discusses how the NTD space evolved and control was implemented against
these ancient scourges, through alliances between nongovernmental
development organizations and private-public partnerships. Forgotten
People, Forgotten Diseases also
- Reports on the health and economic effects of the NTDs, and the
challenges of measuring diseases that do not always kill, but
adversely affect productivity, child development, pregnancy outcome,
and economic development.
- Lays a roadmap for continued control of existing and newly identified
NTDs and spotlights potential opportunities for reducing global
poverty and "repairing the world."
- Describes a global initiative to provide annual mass drug
administration for more than one billion people affected by NTDs.
- Highlights the role of innovation and product development partnerships
for new treatments and vaccines.
- Explains how science and vaccine diplomacy ensure that a new
generation of biotechnologies reaches the world's poorest people.
Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases remains an essential resource for
anyone seeking insight into global advocacy coordination and
mobilization of resources to combat NTDs and continues to tell the story
of the world's people who live in extreme poverty and what it means for
them to live with these devastating diseases.
"Like Dr. Hotez, I have struggled with how to best get the word out
about our need to address NTDs and their link to poverty. Now he has
provided us all with a remarkable tool, a book for people without an
extensive scientific or medical background. Forgotten People, Forgotten
Diseases is an excellent 'one-stop' primer about NTDs."--Soledad
O'Brien, Host, Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien
