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The Development Dimension Coherence for Health : Innovation for New Medicines for Infectious Diseases.

By OECD

Book information

Publisher
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Year
2009
ISBN
9789264060142, 9264060146, 9789264060166, 9264060162
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2014339 bytes)
Series
The development dimension Coherence for health
Pages
151\151
Time added
2017-11-02 20:35:48
Communicable diseases --Developing countries -- Co

Description

In developing countries, 6 out of 10 people die from infectious diseases. Nearly 1 billion humans suffer from a neglected infectious disease, according to the World Health Organisation. Yet less than 1% of the new drugs placed on the market from 1975 to the turn of the century were developed for these diseases. This book looks at ways of improving the availability of medicines for infectious diseases through strengthened coherence in health, trade, science and technology, development co-operation and finance.  Read more... Acronyms and Abbreviations Chapter 1. Neglected and Emerging Infectious Diseases:Why It Is An Issue Now Chapter 2. What Are the Problems? Why Is It in the EconomicInterest of OECD Countries to Address these Problems? Chapter 3. Present Policy Solutions Being Used to Addressthe Problems of Neglected Infectious Diseases Chapter 4. Moving Forward: Solutions and Next Steps Annex A. Summaries of the High-Level Forum Preparatory Workshops Annex B. The Basic Economics of Scaling Up Healthcare inLow-Income Settings

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