Lecture 20-3-8-2024.docx

Blue Marble Health What it is? Is there evidence to suggest that this concept applies to the US? “…most of the world’s poverty-related neglected diseases, including the NTDs and the “big three” diseases—HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria—are…most widely prevalent in the group of 20 (G20) economies…...

Blue Marble Health What it is? Is there evidence to suggest that this concept applies to the US? “…most of the world’s poverty-related neglected diseases, including the NTDs and the “big three” diseases—HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria—are…most widely prevalent in the group of 20 (G20) economies…these diseases predominate among the poor living in impoverished areas located near and amid wealth. Such individuals are sometimes also referred to as the ‘poorest of the rich’” (Hotez, 2019, p.2) Named Blue Marble “….to reflect the picture that the Apollo astronauts took of the Earth orbiting the moon and they said it looks just like a big blue marble” (Hotez, TEDTalk, 2017) G7 & G20 Economies G-7: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States (meeting since the mid-1980s) G-20: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, U.K., U.S., and the European Union What About the U.S.? Many regions of the U.S. have historically had high rates of parasite infection, but little work done in last 30 years Rarely conducted in the US largely because we assume that as “developed country” we are somehow “above” these types of health issues High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in the U.S. in recent history North Carolina, Louisiana, Kentucky Ted Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYAZz8rllqo