Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Misallocation of global health funding

PATH: Two new reports highlight stalled progress against diarrheal disease

PATH and WaterAid America released reports simultaneously demonstrating that diarrheal disease receives significantly less funding than other diseases, despite accounting for 17 percent of deaths of children under five.

There's been a lot of research on the misallocation of global health funding, but diarrheal diseases seems particularly amenable to correction (and tragic) - there's not much scientific research here - it's about implementation.

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  1. Access to clean water is also one of the major barriers (among others like stigma) to formula feeding infants of HIV-infected women.

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