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Neglected Tropical Diseases and Bringing Up the Bottom Billion
Note: This conversation opens with a short video. Summary: Neglected tropical diseases afflict the poorest of the poor in some of the world's most remote and isolated
communities. Yet they are not as obscure as many people think – the blinding bacterial disease trachoma existed in the United States and Europe until the early-20th century, and river
blindness was brought to the Americas from Africa through the slave trade. Through nearly three decades of work at the grassroots, The Carter Center has seen firsthand how fighting
these horrific, yet easily preventable illnesses can make a tremendous impact on poverty and improve overall global health. Watch a discussion by Carter Center experts. Participants
include Dr. Donald R. Hopkins, vice president for health programs, The Carter Center, and Dr. Frank O. Richards, director, River Blindness Elimination Program, Lymphatic Filariasis
Elimination Program, Schistosomiasis Control Program, and Malaria Control Program, The Carter Center. Kane Farabaugh, Voice of America correspondent, moderates.
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Note: This conversation opens with a short video. Summary: Neglected tropical diseases afflict the poorest of the poor in some of the world's most remote and isolated
communities. Yet they are not as obscure as many people think – the blinding bacterial disease trachoma existed in the United States and Europe until the early-20th century, and river
blindness was brought to the Americas from Africa through the slave trade. Through nearly three decades of work at the grassroots, The Carter Center has seen firsthand how fighting
these horrific, yet easily preventable illnesses can make a tremendous impact on poverty and improve overall global health. Watch a discussion by Carter Center experts. Participants
include Dr. Donald R. Hopkins, vice president for health programs, The Carter Center, and Dr. Frank O. Richards, director, River Blindness Elimination Program, Lymphatic Filariasis
Elimination Program, Schistosomiasis Control Program, and Malaria Control Program, The Carter Center. Kane Farabaugh, Voice of America correspondent, moderates.