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Richard Wamai
Associate Professor of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies
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Two students working with people in Kenya.

Northeastern co-op students work to prevent neglected tropical diseases and birth injuries among women in rural Kenya

Abigail Binkley and Abigail Williams spent their fall co-op in Kenya, exploring ways education and culture can help prevent medical crises.
Patients lying in hospitals beds with mosquito nets around them.

Neglected tropical diseases sicken and disable millions of people. A Northeastern professor is part of a road map for change 

Richard Wamai will help lead the annual meeting of the New England Neglected Tropical Diseases Consortium in Cambridge on Sept. 25.
Mosquitos in a petri dish.

Dengue fever spreads fast. How can you protect yourself as cases explode in Puerto Rico and other popular travel destinations?

Northeastern experts say with mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue proliferating in a warming world, preventing bites is key.

This tropical disease is second only to malaria as a parasitic killer. So why haven’t you heard of it?

The deadly strain of leishmaniasis infects 300,000 people annually, causing 20,000 deaths, and is the second largest cause of parasitic death after malaria. For two Northeastern professors, Richard Wamai and Michael Pollastri, controlling the disease is a top priority.

Northeastern researchers examine the Zika pandemic

As the Zika virus continues its inexorable spread, a panel of faculty members discussed how they—and by extension we—can be part of the global solution.

What Ebola and HIV/AIDS can teach us about the Zika virus pandemic

Assistant professor Richard Wamai, an expert on HIV/AIDS and neglected tropical diseases, provides much-needed perspective on why the Zika virus has struck so fiercely and the public health measures that could halt it.

Neglected for too long

During a panel discussion on Ebola earlier this month, Northeastern professors Michael Pollastri and Richard Wamai discussed other issues the Ebola outbreak is underscoring.

Health professionals talk experiences on front lines of Ebola outbreak

During a keynote address at Northeastern on Tuesday, an epidemiologist at Boston Medical Center who has administered care to Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, noted that more help is needed in Africa to provide healthcare services, adding that "We need help with everything."

Students join push to end neglected tropical diseases

A group of Northeastern students have formed a chapter of END7, a global network that aims to raise awareness of neglected tropical diseases and help eradicate the seven most common NTDs by 2020.

Efficiency the key for global HIV/AIDS programs

Assistant professor Richard Wamai is part of a global consortium of researchers leading a study spanning five African nations to determine how governments and agencies worldwide can optimize the resources at their disposal.