Since 2000, access to antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infection has dramatically increased to
reach more than five million people in developing countries. Essential to this achievement …

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of rapid and versatile
development of emergency medical countermeasures such as vaccines. We discuss the role …

This review takes stock of the global health governance (GHG) literature. We address the
transition from international health governance (IHG) to global health governance, identify …

Background Current definitions of'global health'lack specificity about the term'global'. This
debate presents and discusses existing definitions of'global health'and a common problem …

As part of a cluster of articles leading up to the 2012 World Health Report and critically
reflecting on the theme of “no health without research,” Suerie Moon and colleagues argue …

Context Current orphan drug policies are unsatisfactory when viewed from almost all
perspectives. Patients find that, although therapies are available for many rare conditions …

Background To assess the blood pressure and lipid-lowering efficacy and tolerability of
'polypills' used in cardiovascular disease prevention trials. Methodology/Principal Findings …

This chapter provides an overview of the causes and consequences of, and possible policy
responses to, the problem of drug resistance. Throughout, we highlight the ways that ethical …

The world we live in is unjust. Preventable deprivation and suffering shape the lives of many
people, while others enjoy advantages and privileges aplenty. Cosmopolitan responsibility …

An innovation system: can be defined as a group of private firms, public research institutes,
and several of the facilitators of innovation, who in interaction promote the creation of one or …