Investing in health research and development
Subtitle: report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Health Research Relating to Future Intervention Options, convened under the auspices of the World Health Organization
Contributors: World Health Organization
Series: TDR/Gen/96.1
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Santé et hygiène; Finance; Recherche en santé publique; Économie; Economics; Research; Health Policy; Maladies infectieuses; Health; Health Services Research; Medicine; Biomedical Research; Developing Countries; Famille; Politique sanitaire
Description: This report deals with policy for health R & D investments of particular relevance to developing countries. It discusses findings around four problem areas of global significance - control of childhood infections, undernutrition and excess fertility; the continually changing nature of several major microbial threats; the emergence of major epidemics of noncommunicable disease and injury; and inefficiency and inequity in health systems.
Notes: "TDR/Gen/96.1."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Annex 1. Global patterns of cause of death and burden of disease in 1990, with projections to 2020 / Christopher J.L. Murray and Alan D. Lopez; title: Annex 2. Assessing the burden of disease that can be attributed to specific risk factors / Christopher J.L. Murray and Alan D. Lopez; title: Annex 3. The CGIAR system and its relevance for international health R & D / Rajiv L. Misra; title: Annex 4. The pharmaceutical industry and the health needs of developing countries / William S. Comanor; title: Annex 5. Resources for health research and development in 1992: a global overview / Catherine Michaud and Christopher J.L. Murray; title: Annex 6. Potential role of international health research centres in health and development / Demissie Habte; title: Annex 7. Tropical disease: from investigation to eradication / Tore Godal; title: Annex 8. The development of priorities for research relating to households and populations / Susan Zimicki [and others]; title: Annex 9. Health policy and systems research: issues, methods and priorities / Katja Janovsky and Andrew Cassels.