Under the Big Tree, 9781421427232
Hardcover
With a foreword by Bill Gates, this book fascinates, inspires, and gives readers concrete steps for further engagement.

Under the Big Tree

extraordinary stories from the movement to end neglected tropical diseases

$68.96

  • Hardcover

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    14 January 2019

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Summary

Powerful stories of the debilitating effects of neglected tropical diseases throughout the world, highlighting the successes and challenges of those fighting to eliminate them.

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over one billion of the world’s poorest people. More than 170,000 people die from NTDs each year, and many more suffer from blindness, disability, disfigurement, cognitive impairment, and stunted growth. Yet NTDs are treatable and preventable, and the annual cost of tr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781421427232
ISBN-10:1421427230
Author:Ellen Agler, Mojie Crigler, Bill Gates
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:Johns Hopkins University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:14 January 2019
Weight:408g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm x 21mm
About The Author

Ellen Agler

Ellen Agler is the CEO of the END Fund. Mojie Crigler is the author of Get Me Through Tomorrow: A Sister’s Memoir of Brain Injury and Revival.

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