MAY 3, 2017

Working Together to Defeat Infections Around the World

As I sit down to write this editorial, North Korea is waving its missiles, Britain is leaving the European Union, the United States is building a wall, and France is trying to be, well, more French. Nationalism and, subsequently, isolationism seem to be the norm.

So, a new report from the World Health Organization is a bright light demonstrating the effects of working together. An estimated 1 billion people, primarily from poor countries, received treatment for neglected tropical diseases in