Global Health predictions for 2009, part two - reader contributions

by Alanna Shaikh · 2009-01-05 19:49:00 UTC
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There were some fascinating comments on the global health predictions post. Just in case people have been skipping the comments, I wanted to call out five of the most intriguing comments:

1.       Disability issues will become an official part of public health, with less special interest lobbying or focus on specific divisions/types of disease/disability.  - Darlene Matthews

2.       A revival of the debate regarding patents and how much control pharmaceutical companies have over their intellectual property, when considering the human impact of drugs and vaccines not being affordable enough for people who need them the most. This may be particularly prominent in the area of HIV treatment. - Vanessa Mason

3.       The availability of safe clean water supply in a time of global environmental change will be a major growing issue from both a health and a political stand point. - Ned Snyder

4.       India and China will see major public health problems; their populations are large enough to make that certain. - Santeh Galobale

5.       More pilot programs using mobile technology as a rapid information source in rural areas in the developing world. - Nathaniel Whittemore

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