Strong Medicine: Creating Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research on Neglected Diseases Pdf

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Release: 2004-09-07
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0691121133
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Millions of people in the third world die from diseases that are rare in the first world--diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and schistosomiasis. AIDS, which is now usually treated in rich countries, still ravages the world's poor. Vaccines offer the best hope for controlling these diseases and could dramatically improve health in poor countries. But developers have little incentive to undertake the costly and risky research needed to develop vaccines. This is partly because the potential consumers are poor, but also because governments drive down prices.In Strong Medicine, Michael Kremer and Rachel Glennerster offer an innovative yet simple solution to this worldwide problem: "Pull" programs to stimulate research. Here's how such programs would work. Funding agencies would commit to purchase viable vaccines if and when they were developed. This would create the incentives for vaccine developers to produce usable products for these neglected diseases. Private firms, rather than fundi Download Strong Medicine for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development Pdf

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Release: 2008-05-22
Publisher: ASM Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 1555816711
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Some of the worst tropical diseases in the world have too long been ignored. Parasitic and bacterial diseases such as hookworm, snail fever, river blindness, guinea worm, elephantiasis, sleeping sickness, and leprosy are the most common infections of third-world populations. These neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) represent one of the most important reasons why populations living in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America remain caught in a vicious cycle of poverty, stigma, and despair.


With a lifetime devoted to the subject of tropical diseases, the well-known expert Dr. Peter Hotez provides a comprehensive view of these forgotten diseases. Written in accessible, straightforward language, Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases thoroughly explains the most significant NTDs, including social and economic aspects, public health concerns, and preventative measures.



This volume will raise public awareness about these forgotten diseases and their enormous phy Download Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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