Economic crisis, Glaxo, HIV, and Brain Drain - Recommended Readings

by Alanna Shaikh · 2009-03-11 15:55:00 UTC
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An excellent analysis of the economic crisis and global health, from the Technology, Health and Development blog.

The Lancet wonders if GlaxoSmithKline's big plans will actually benefit the poor, pointing out that "GSK prices are unlikely to match generic drug prices".

Victor Roy points out that increasing the number of US health care providers would improve access to health care globally, because we'd stop contributing to brain drain.

Great discussion of HIV and its impact on neglected tropical diseases. In short, HIV is sucking all the time and energy out, just like you'd expect. But there is hope - we can find synergies between AIDS response and the other health work we need.

Lastly, if you haven't heard about it already, two heavyweights in global development are now blogging. William Easterly, aid skeptic and NYU professor has a new blog called Aid Watch. Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion and Wars, Guns, and Votes has founded the Bottom Billion Blog.

Alanna Shaikh
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