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It was mentioned as a piece that discussed the global prevalence of hookworm, noting that hundreds of millions of people worldwide are infected.
There's this kind of moniker for, um, uh, hookworm infection along with certain other infections. They're lumped together under the umbrella of neglected tropical diseases.
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It was mentioned as a piece that discussed the global prevalence of hookworm, noting that hundreds of millions of people worldwide are infected.
There's this kind of moniker for, um, uh, hookworm infection along with certain other infections. They're lumped together under the umbrella of neglected tropical diseases.
And the reason they're called that is because this is stuff that like you can easily get rid of if you alleviate poverty in the developing world. But we're not doing that. And it's out of neglect, basically.
he says that up to something like 740 million people around the world are thought to have hookworm infections, right?