Under the leadership of Dr. Hotez & Dr. Bottazzi, the center promotes the development of vaccines and therapeutics for NTDs while encouraging vaccine diplomacy between nations. 
- Under the Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative (HHVI), a vaccine for human hookworm infections is entering phase 2 clinical trials. 
- Vaccine for intestinal schistosomiasis is entering phase 2 clinical trials
- First therapeutic vaccine for Chagas Disease is in phase 1 clinical trials
- Designing vaccines for emerging coronaviruses. 

Tulane University

Research and development to produce new or improved diagnostics, drugs and vaccines are needed. Two schools of tropical medicine, the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and the Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, have collaborated with the "Dr. Hideyo Noguchi" Regional Research Center of the Autonomous University of Yucatan. 

Research & Development

https://www.bcm.edu/departments/pediatrics/sections-divisions-centers/tropical-medicine/research/vaccine-development

Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development

Vaccine diplomacy, or joint cooperation for vaccine development between nations, has the potential to develop therapeutics to treat NTDs. Additionally, relationships between the US and Latin American countries will provide scientific institutions and local governments with accurate data that relays the distribution of tropical diseases. Thus, key interventions can be developed and implemented in disproportionately affected regions. 


Vaccine Diplomacy

A significant amount of resources, from numerous scientific institutions across the Gulf Coast, have been directed towards studying Chagas Disease. Researchers are implementing interventions to disrupt maternal-to-child transmission and developing a therapeutic vaccine that can be used in conjunction with antiparasitic drugs. Research on CD was led by a consortium of institutions, including the Carlos Slim Health Institute, the National School of Tropical Medicine and the Sabin Vaccine Institute. 

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