According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the health
sector has become a major recipient of development assistance from just over US $6 billion …

The impact of increased national wealth, as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), on
public health is widely understood, however an equally important but less well-acclaimed …

" Today's global health situation raises urgent questions about justice" says Dr Jong-wook
LEE as he introduces The world health report 2003 Shaping the future, the first World health …

The 21st century began well for public health. When the governments of 189 countries
signed the Millennium Declaration in 2000, and committed themselves to reaching its goals …

Inadequate funding for health services is often cited as a major constraint for governments to
be good stewards of their countries' health systems. Yet in most cases, the data to support …

Put more directly, today and every day, people will die and lives will not be improved
because of the way global health is governed and implemented.[...] there is an urgent moral …

Every so often, significant global trends can be traced back to a source. The 1993 World
Development Report (WDR) 1 was such a catalyst in global health and development policy …

The biggest problem in global health seemed to be the lack of resources available to combat
the multiple scourges ravaging the world's poor and sick. As the populations of the …

A growing tide of populism in Europe and the United States, combined with other factors,
threatens the solidarity upon which the global health movement is based. The highest-profile …

The 2002 institution of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria—which has
been able to channel US $70 billion to fund health services in lowincome and middle …