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Will WHO Member States Pony Up for Neglected Diseases?

By Ben Comer | Published: May 21, 2012
Recognizing that traditional market forces – namely incentives related to intellectual property and a steady demand for products – have failed in developing countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) asked a member state-nominated group to come up with ways to fund R&D and pay for the treatment of neglected diseases in the world’s poorest nations. [...]
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TB Alliance Trumpets New, Improved Drugs at World Health Assembly

By Oriana Schwindt | Published: May 19, 2010
Like polio and leprosy, developed countries have long since tamed tuberculosis. But even now, other parts of the world continue to struggle against the disease, with nearly all (98 percent) of TB’s 1.7 million worldwide deaths occurring in developing countries. TB’s high comorbidity with HIV infections has recently added another level of urgency to efforts [...]
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