Throughout February and March, all donations made to Parasites Without Borders will be matched by PWB and donated to the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).
These donations will help support our shared commitment to reducing the worldwide burden of tropical diseases and improving global health, equity, and social justice. A portion of these funds will go to providing Travel Awards for three female qualified students, earlier-career investigators, or scientists actively working in the tropical medicine field to attend the ASTMH Annual Meeting.
Throughout February and March, all donations made to Parasites Without Borders will be matched by PWB and donated to the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH). PWB pledges a minimum donation of $20,000 to ASTMH and will match all of your donations, for a total gift to ASTMH of up to $40,000. A portion of these funds will go to providing Travel Awards for three qualified female students, early-career investigators, or scientists actively working in the tropical medicine field to attend the ASTMH Annual Meeting.
One in three attendees of the ASTMH Annual Meeting is a Student or a Trainee. A significant percentage of them hail from Low- and Low- Middle-Income countries. Awardees are selected by the Travel Awards Committee based on abstract quality, research results, and the relevance of the applicant’s work to the field of tropical medicine. Travel Award recipients participate in the meeting through oral or poster presentations. PWB-supported Travel Awards will be dedicated to female Students or Trainees who would not otherwise be able to attend.
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, founded in 1903, is the largest international scientific organization of experts dedicated to reducing the worldwide burden of tropical infectious diseases and improving global health. ASTMH accomplishes this through generating and sharing scientific evidence, informing health policies and practices, fostering career development, recognizing excellence, and advocating for investment in tropical medicine/global health research.


Parasites Without Borders condemns violence of any kind and will commit resources as an educational platform to support the African American community and people of color worldwide. Black Lives Matter and our hearts, our support, and our solidarity are with the victims, the victim’s families, and everyone who suffers from racial injustice. Human dignity starts with the singular premise that we are all the same, no matter our skin color, religion, sex, gender, or where we live. At all times and in all circumstances, people are entitled to respect, and humane treatment especially by those in positions of authority. Parasites Without Borders says “no more” racism and we will work with educators, scientists, and civil society globally to do what is in our power to end the social injustice in all its forms.
Authoritative Learning Materials
For Educators
Books
Our books, are required reading for physicians planning to practice abroad to gain a better understanding of the common infections they will likely be seeing and treating.
Certification Exams
A team of physicians who are certified in caring for parasitic infections will serve to increase the safety and overall success of your organization's missions abroad. Learn more about our certifications.
Video Courses
Parasitic Diseases Lectures is a 45 part video series that explores the biology and pathogenesis of protozoan and helminth parasites. The Medical Handbook for Limited Resource Settings is also a comprehensive e-learning video course that can be accessed here on our website.
Our Books
Parasites Without Borders offers several books for FREE and for purchase for educators.
The Problem
Common Parasitic Infections
The world is getting smaller. Global shrinkage is real and is driven by information overload from the internet, CNN, The BBC, NPR, and Al jazeera, to name a few. All the while, the human population continues to grow, exacerbating unresolved issues of rapid urbanization that is being caused by the predictable adverse effects of rapid climate change on the environment. Yet, for some of us, especially if we are among the few millions of lucky ones, our lives will continue essentially unchanged, enriched by complex, interesting cultures. We will work hard for our income, and most importantly we will not worry about where our next meal comes from. Becoming physically and psychologically compromised by some exotic disease entity – malaria or schistosomiasis – seems as remote a possibility as waking up surrounded by a host of other life-threatening issues.
Our Team
For the purpose of eliminating human suffering due to parasitic infections it is essential that there is more and better education for all those in a position to apply medical knowledge directly to populations most in need of solutions to alleviate the burden of parasitic diseases. The three of us have had a life-time of experience in teaching parasitic diseases to students of medicine, both within the U.S.A. and abroad.


Daniel Griffin, MD, PhD


Dickson D. Despommier, PhD


Charles A. Knirsch, MD, MPH


Peter J. Hotez MD PhD FAAP FASTMH
Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine
Director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) and Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics

