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  The gobal road safety partnership and lessons in multisectoral collaboration

  John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2005

  This policy brief focuses on road safety and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), it examins the relevance of this issue to economic growth and public health in a developing country context.
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  Nestlé's public relations machine exposed

  Baby Milk Action, 2005

  This brief critically examines Nestlé’s baby food marketing.
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  The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2004

  Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2004

  Hunger and malnutrition cause tremendous human suffering, kill more than five million children every year, and cost developing countries billions of dollars in lost productivity and national income, according to the 2004 FAO annual hunger report.SOFI 2004 argues that the resources needed to effectively prevent this human and economic tragedy are minuscule when compared to the benefits and that
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  Antibiotics at the crossroads

  Nature [journal], 2004

  This paper explores what can be done about the declining level of antibiotic research and development which has long been insufficient to meet the needs of most populations, particularly in poorer but also in wealthier countries.Causes of this decline in research are identified as:economic pressures: the demand for profit-making drugs pressures companies to focus on long-term treatment
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  Ownership of knowledge: the role of patents in pharmaceutical R&D

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2004

  This very short paper gives an overview of the role of patents in pharmaceutical R&D. As this paper points out, government funding for R&D has experienced a sharp decline in almost all industrialised countries since the 1980’s. As a result of that the private sector has gained much more importance.
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  Waking up to risk: corporate responses to HIV/AIDS in the workplace

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2003

  This paper from the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) looks at the response of large corporations to HIV/AIDS. The paper presents results and analysis from the first global survey of transnational corporations responses to the pandemic. HIV/AIDS may pose significant risks to current and future corporate financial performance.
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  PPM DOTS in Indonesia: a strategy for action

  Stop TB Partnership, 2003

  The two main objectives of this mission were to undertake an initial assessment of ongoing activities with regard to involvement of private health sector in DOTS implementation the country, and to help develop a strategy for incremental involvement of the private sector in DOTS implementation.Findings for the private sector and Gerdunas:doctors’ salaries in the public health sector in I
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  Private sector participation in child health: a review of World Bank projects, 1993-2002

  World Bank, 2003

  Based on the assumption that the private sector significantly influences child health and nutrition outcomes through both service provision and supply of health related goods, this paper analyses World Bank projects in Health, Nutrition and Population between fiscal years 1993-2002.
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  Insecticide treated nets in the 21st century

  Malaria Consortium, 2000

  This paper from the Malaria Consortium argues the case for improving the availability and affordability of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) so that everyone in malarious areas protects themselves with ITNs. It demonstrates that to achieve protection of 80% of households at risk in Africa alone will require providing 32 million nets and 320 million retreatments a year for the next decade.
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  Oil: a life cycle analysis of it health and environmental impacts

  Harvard Medical School, 2002

  This report attempts to provide a framework for evaluating the true costs of our use of oil.

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