The report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH)(1), presented in
December 2001 to the World Health Organization's director general, Gro Harlem Brundtland …

The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health report (Sachs report) of 2001 has been
heralded as inspiring and groundbreaking and is being adopted as the blueprint for global …

The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health report (Sachs report of 2001) has been
heralded as inspiring and groundbreaking and is being adopted as the blueprint for global …

A Restricted Mandate and a Reversal of Logic The CMH was established by the WHO
director-general in January 2000 with “a two year mandate to debate, research and reach …

Professor Jeffrey Sachs is arguably the world's leading thinker on international health and
economic development. As if to confirm it, he has just finished chairing the Commission on …

In the early 1990s, apparently at the insistence of the rich countries that contribute to the bulk
of its budget, the World Health Organization looked to economists for help in its major policy …

Technology and politics have thrust the world more closely together than ever before. The
benefits of globalization are potentially enormous, as a result of the increased sharing of …

In late February, Athens, Greece, was flooded by torrential rain. Maria Fotiou, who was trying
to prevent water from leaking on the members of Parliament, fell through the chamber's …

In January 2000, WHO Director-General Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland set up a commission on
macroeconomics and health to clarify the links between health and economic development …

GENEVA—The relationship between poverty and health was the most prominent issue at
the World Health Assembly (WHA), held last month. At this annual gathering, their 55th, the …