Center for Strategic & International Studies’ “Smart Global Health”: Bordering on the Elimination of NTDs
Katherine E. Bliss, senior associate (non-resident) with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, discusses opportunities for the U.S. and Mexico to cooperate on addressing neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the region. She highlights existing cross-border health efforts that could be leveraged to enhance cooperation and writes, “…[T]he United States and Mexico can prioritize research, policy, and program activities to eliminate NTDs and ensure the access of the most vulnerable citizens on both sides of the border to quality health services” (10/28).