The largest problem with poverty related diseases is not due to lack of resources, its due to a lack of awareness. The places that could be impacted the most by addressing these diseases is not in the 3rd world, but in G-20 countries. Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine Professor, Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology Head, Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics Director, Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development Baker Institute Fellow in Disease and Poverty, Rice University University Professor, Baylor University Co-Editor-in-Chief, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Chair, Technical Advisory Board, END Fund Development of a vaccine for the more than 400 million people suffering from hookworm infection in the world today. Vaccine currently in phase 1 clinical trials in Brazil and Gabon. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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