Ghana: Accelerating neglected tropical disease control in a setting of economic development

• Peter J. Hotez ,

  * E-mail: hotez@bcm.edu (PJH); nana-kwadwo.Biritwum@gatesfoundation.org (N-KB); a.fenwick@imperial.ac.uk (AF); david.molyneux@lstmed.ac.uk (DHM); sachs@columbia.edu (JDS)

  Affiliations Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America, James A Baker III Institute of Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Policy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8770-1042

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• Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum ,

  * E-mail: hotez@bcm.edu (PJH); nana-kwadwo.Biritwum@gatesfoundation.org (N-KB); a.fenwick@imperial.ac.uk (AF); david.molyneux@lstmed.ac.uk (DHM); sachs@columbia.edu (JDS)

  Affiliations Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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• Alan Fenwick ,

  * E-mail: hotez@bcm.edu (PJH); nana-kwadwo.Biritwum@gatesfoundation.org (N-KB); a.fenwick@imperial.ac.uk (AF); david.molyneux@lstmed.ac.uk (DHM); sachs@columbia.edu (JDS)

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

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• David H. Molyneux ,

  * E-mail: hotez@bcm.edu (PJH); nana-kwadwo.Biritwum@gatesfoundation.org (N-KB); a.fenwick@imperial.ac.uk (AF); david.molyneux@lstmed.ac.uk (DHM); sachs@columbia.edu (JDS)

  Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Jeffrey D. Sachs

  * E-mail: hotez@bcm.edu (PJH); nana-kwadwo.Biritwum@gatesfoundation.org (N-KB); a.fenwick@imperial.ac.uk (AF); david.molyneux@lstmed.ac.uk (DHM); sachs@columbia.edu (JDS)

  Affiliation Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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