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

by Peter J. Hotez and Cher

Book Overview

Why do diseases of poverty afflict more people in wealthy countries than in the developing world?

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421420465
• ISBN13: 9781421420462
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"