| The End of the Era of Generosity? Global Health Amid Economic Crisis
Schneider, Kammerle; Garrett, Laurie
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, January 9, 2009, v4, #1, online edition
"For too long, the international community has responded to global health and development challenges with emergency solutions that often reflect the donor’s priorities, rather than funding durable health systems that can withstand crises. [...] The global health community must now objectively evaluate how we can most effectively respond to the crises of 2008 and take advantage of this moment of extraordinary attention for global health and translate it into long term, sustainable health improvements for all. Over the past eight years global health has taken center stage in an era of historic generosity as the wealthy world has committed substantial resources to tackle poverty and disease in developing countries. [...], there has been a massive swell in the number of nonprofit organizations (NGOs), faith based groups, and private actors contributing to this boon."
Kammerle Schneider is associate Director in the Global Health Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Laurie Garrett, a science and health writer and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is currently the Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Go to the report at:
http://www.peh-med.com/content/4/1/1
H9/02-09 posted March 23, 2009
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