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  • Under the Big Tree

    Extraordinary Stories from the Movement to End Neglected Tropical Diseases

    by Ellen Agler, Mojie Crigler ...
    Powerful stories of the debilitating effects of neglected tropical diseases throughout the world, highlighting the successes and challenges of those fighting to eliminate them.Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over one billion of the world's poorest people. More than 170,000 people die from NTDs each year, and many more suffer from blindness, disability, disfigurement, cognitive impairment ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Under the Big Tree

    Extraordinary Stories from the Movement to End Neglected Tropical Diseases

    by Ellen Agler, Mojie Crigler ...
    Powerful stories of the debilitating effects of neglected tropical diseases throughout the world, highlighting the successes and challenges of those fighting to eliminate them.Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over one billion of the world's poorest people. More than 170,000 people die from NTDs each year, and many more suffer from blindness, disability, disfigurement, cognitive impairment ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

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    Under the Big Tree

    Extraordinary Stories from the Movement to End Neglected Tropical Diseases

    by Ellen Agler ...
    Narrated by Coleen Marlo ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 59 min

    Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over one billion of the world's poorest people. More than 170,000 people die from NTDs each year, and many more suffer from blindness, disability, disfigurement, cognitive impairment, and stunted growth. Yet NTDs are treatable and preventable, and the annual cost of treatment is incredibly low.In Under the Big Tree, public health leader Ellen Agler and ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Epic Measures

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  • How to Make a Killing

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  • Big Farms Make Big Flu

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