
Public HealthJanuary 29, 2019
We Need to Talk about Intestinal Worms
More than a half billion children were treated for these debilitating parasites in 2017—but even more are still suffering
Ellen Agler is the CEO of the END Fund, a philanthropic initiative dedicated to ending neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). She is the author, with Mojie Crigler, of Under the Big Tree: Extraordinary Stories from the Movement to End Neglected Tropical Diseases, published on January 15, 2019 by Johns Hopkins University Press. Mojie Crigler is the author of Get Me Through Tomorrow: A Sister's Memoir of Brain Injury and Survival.

We Need to Talk about Intestinal Worms
More than a half billion children were treated for these debilitating parasites in 2017—but even more are still suffering