Healthy Skepticism Library item: 11922
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Publication type: Journal Article
Chokshi DA, Rajkumar R.
Leveraging university research to advance global health.
JAMA 2007 Oct 24; 298:(16):1934-6
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/298/16/1934
Abstract:
The world’s destitute sick face a perilous disadvantage in accessing essential medicines. The crisis stems from 2 related problems. First, for the billion people affected by neglected diseases such as trypanosomiasis and cholera, few safe and effective treatment options exist. Because these neglected diseases predominantly affect the poor, they attract little research and development funding, leading to a paucity of therapies.1 Second, for other diseases, several interlinked factors impede access to medicines that do exist: high prices, underfunded and uncoordinated health care systems, and drug formulations ill-suited to resource-poor settings…
Keywords:
Publication Types:
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH Terms:
Biomedical Research*
Drug Industry
Economics, Medical*
Financial Support
Public Health
Technology Transfer
Universities*
World Health*
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