Combating Neglected Tropical Diseases
2019; IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1109/mpuls.2018.2885842
ISSN2154-2317
Autores Tópico(s)Global Maternal and Child Health
ResumoJust 2 Miles northeast of sleek downtown skyscrapers, across the Buffalo Bayou River from the Houston Astros' Minute Maid Park, lies a landscape greener than most of the urban sprawl, but absent the charm of typical Southern suburbia. The Fifth Ward of Houston, TX, is dotted with a patchwork of homes with screenless windows, many desperately clinging to their beams, surrounded by twisted chain link fences patrolled by trotting packs of skeletal stray dogs. Broken roads are lined with piles of abandoned tires, and pools of stagnant, dirty water. It is here that Dr. Peter Hotez (Figure 1) illustrates one of the wealthiest countries in the world is not immune to poverty and its associated medical crises.
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