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 …

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 …

As messages go, the central one in the 210-page seminal report by WHO's Commission for
Macroeconomics and Health (CMH) was simple: invest substantially in health, and …

In an age of material plenty and techno-logic marvels, it seems inconceivable that millions of
poor people in the developing world should die every year from diseases that could be …

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 …

All else being equal, greater wealth makes it easier to live a healthy life, both at individual
and population levels. Greater personal wealth allows us to choose healthy diets, live in …

Between 1984 and 1987, Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, the then Prime Minister of Norway,
chaired the World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as the …

The life expectancy of the 642 million people in sub-Saharan Africa is 51 years, 27 years
less than that of those who live in rich countries. Mortality among those aged under 5 is 25 …

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 …