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A comprehensive, advanced and free educational resource on all aspects of parasitic diseases and their impact on humanity around the globe.
As infectious diseases such as SARS, Monkeypox, Polio, HIV, and Ebola travel the globe and garner media attention, Parasites Without Borders staff are curating resources in a timely, ongoing basis.
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Parasites Without Borders disseminates FREE educational resources to those applying the medical knowledge to populations most in need.
Join the Parasites Without Borders online network and be part of the movement to spread life-saving medical knowledge around the world.
Throughout August, September, and October, donations made to Parasites Without Borders (PWB) will be matched by the organization and donated to American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).
Throughout August, September, and October, donations made to Parasites Without Borders (PWB) will be matched by the organization and donated to the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), with a minimum pledged donation of $10,000 dollars and a total gift up to $20,000. Founded in 1903, ASTMH 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. Specific goals for the organization include advancing research in tropical diseases, fostering international scientific collaboration, promoting science-based policy regarding tropical medicine/global health, and more.
Learn more at www.astmh.org.
Materiales Autorizados para Aprender
Para Educadores
Libros
Our books are required reading for physicians planning to practice abroad, helping them gain a better understanding of the common infections they will likely be seeing and treating.
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Exámenes de Certificación
Having a team of physicians who are certified in caring for parasitic infections will better serve the safety and overall success of your organization's missions abroad. Learn more about our certifications.
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Lecciones de Video
Parasitic Diseases Lectures is a 45-part video series that explores the biology and pathogenesis of protozoan and helminth parasites. The Manual Médico para Recursos Limitados is also a comprehensive e-learning video course that can be accessed here on our website.
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Tropical Medicine Curriculum
Profundice su comprensión de las enfermedades parasitarias y tropicales con nuestro self study course. Break down geographical barriers to tropical medicine education.
Nuestros Libros
Parásitos sin Fronteras ofrece varios libros GRATIS y para comprar para educadores.
El Problema
Las Infecciones Parasitarias Comunes
As our world gets smaller, parasites loom larger. With a growing population, rapid climate change, economic inequality and social unrest, we're seeing a perfect breeding ground for parasites. With our resources, we can defend our world from needless suffering.
Malaria
Globally in 2023, there were an estimated 263 million malaria cases and 597,000 malaria deaths in 83 countries.
Tripanosomiasis
africana
Sustained control efforts have reduced the number of new cases by 97% in the last 20 years, with under 1,000 cases in 2022 (compared to 300,000 cases in 1995). For the period 2016–2020, the population at risk was 55 million people, with only 3 million at moderate-high risk. The WHO Neglected Tropical Diseases Roadmap is targeting 2030 as the interruption of transmission (zero cases).
Tripanosomiasis
americana
More than 7 million people worldwide, mostly in Latin America, are estimated to be infected with Trypansosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease.
Leishmaniasis
Las leishmaniasis son un grupo de enfermedades causadas por parásitos protozoarios de más de 20 Leishmania species. These parasites are transmitted to humans by the bites of the infected female phlebotomine sandfly. An estimated 700,000 to 1 million new cases occur annually.
Esquistosomiasis
Estimates show that at least 251.4 million people required preventive treatment for schistosomiasis in 2021, out of which more than 75.3 million were reported to have been treated.
Ascariasis
Infección por Ascaris debido a A. lumbricoides occurs worldwide; an estimated 772–892 million people globally are infected.
Anquilostoma
Hookworm is an intestinal parasite most commonly found in tropical and subtropical climates worldwide, particularly in Africa, South East Asia, the Western Pacific, Latin America and the Mediterranean. They infect roughly 406 – 480 million people globally.
Tricuriasis
The whipworm parasite, Trichuris trichiura, is a soil-transmitted helminth. Globally, whipworms infect an estimated 429 – 508 million people.
Nuestro Equipo
Our team has had a lifetime of experience in teaching parasitic diseases to students of medicine, both within the U.S. and abroad. Our goal is to eliminate human suffering due to parasitic infections, and in order to do so, it is essential that there is more -- and better -- education for those in a position to apply medical knowledge to populations most in need. Our resources provide solutions to help alleviate the burden of parasitic diseases.
Daniel Griffin, MD, PhD
Dickson D. Despommier, PhD
Charles A. Knirsch, MD, MPH
Peter J. Hotez MD PhD FAAP FASTMH
Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D.
Profundice su comprensión de las enfermedades parasitarias y tropicales con nuestro
El acceso es gratuito. El conocimiento es invaluable. El impacto es global.
