Kishor Wasan is heavily invested in pharmaceutical research to relieve neglected tropical diseases. He co-founded and is the co-director of the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative at the University of British Columbia.
Dr. Wasan is also an adjunct professor and Distinguished University Scholar of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and an adjunct professor of urologic sciences at the medical school at UBC.
But Dr. Wasan strongly believes that developing novel pharmaceuticals is only part of the solution to the global problem of Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Neglected Tropical Diseases, also known as NTDs, are a collection of communicable diseases that create health and personal burdens for 1.4 billion people in 149 countries. Left untreated, these diseases can result in death. They often create permanent disability, thwarting human potential and perpetuating cycles of poverty, inadequate education, and disease.
Intense pharmaceutical research has led to breakthroughs in providing affordable, transportable, safe, and effective medications for NTDs. Although critical to treatment and recovery, new pharmaceuticals are only part of a holistic response to these diseases.
Kishor Wasan points out that an effective response to global neglected diseases must include:
Dr. Kishor Wasan notes that one size does not fit all in the global fight against neglected tropical diseases. Novel pharmaceuticals must be deployed in the context of internationally accepted, standard operating procedures that make them sustainable. Pharmaceuticals are almost by definition aimed at controlling a single disease. Still, the global response to neglected diseases must address not just a single disease or a collection of diseases but endemicity and national priorities.
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