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Food for Thought: Giulio De Leo on Triple Win Planetary Health Innovations in Africa
October 3, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Join Alliance member Stanford’s King Center on Global Development for a presentation with Professor of Oceans Giulio De Leo. His talk will cover the progress made in reducing and eliminating schistosomiasis, a disease caused by water-borne parasitic worms. More than 250 million people are currently infected, with 90% of cases in sub-Saharan Africa. His presentation will discuss targeting the environmental reservoir of the disease: the water snail population.