Ghana: Accelerating neglected tropical disease control in a setting of economic development

Peter J Hotez^{1

2

3

4

5}, Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum^{6

7}, Alan Fenwick⁸, David H Molyneux⁹, Jeffrey D Sachs¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
² Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
³ Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America.
⁴ James A Baker III Institute of Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
⁵ Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Policy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America.
⁶ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
⁷ Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
⁸ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
⁹ Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
¹⁰ Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America.

PMID: 30653493
PMCID: PMC6336233
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007005

Ghana: Accelerating neglected tropical disease control in a setting of economic development

Peter J Hotez et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019.

. 2019 Jan 17;13(1):e0007005.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007005. eCollection 2019 Jan.

Authors

Peter J Hotez^{1

2

3

4

5}, Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum^{6

7}, Alan Fenwick⁸, David H Molyneux⁹, Jeffrey D Sachs¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
² Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
³ Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America.
⁴ James A Baker III Institute of Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
⁵ Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Policy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America.
⁶ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
⁷ Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
⁸ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
⁹ Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
¹⁰ Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America.

PMID: 30653493
PMCID: PMC6336233
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007005

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Conflict of interest statement

PJH is lead investigator on several vaccines against neglected tropical diseases in development and in clinical trials.

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