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WHO Bulletin Examines Rise and Fall of Attention to Global Health Issues

From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

August 7, 2009

The Bulletin of the World Health Organization examines "why some global health issues such as HIV/AIDS attract significant attention from international and national leaders, while other issues that also represent a high mortality and morbidity burden, such as pneumonia and malnutrition, remain neglected." According to the journal the "rise, persistence and decline of a global health issue may best be explained by the way in which its policy community ... comes to understand and portray the issue and establishes institutions that can sustain this portrayal" (Shiffman, 8/09).

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This information was reprinted from kff.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives, and sign up for email delivery. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


  
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This article was provided by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. It is a part of the publication Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report.
 
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