Food

The link between poverty
The links between trade and health extend back to the earliest human
settlements, but globalization has brought these spheres together as never
before. This section examines the issues that have led to an even closer
intersection between trade and health, asks how they impact the poor, and
explores the tensions that arise between the goals of protecting and promoting
health and generating wealth through trade.
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45 percent

Chinese factories supply 70 percent of active ingredients for India’s generic drug manufacturers, which supply the world

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$19 per $1

$19 return for economic growth and health for every $1 invested in the Global Fund

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2006

The year alcohol use in Russia peaked was 2006, after which it fell as the government tightened alcohol policies

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Poverty

Rethinking Ways to Address Child Growth Failure

by Simon I.Hay Tim Exton

Precision health mapping of regional and local targets would help steer limited resources to the places of greatest need
Poverty

Rethinking Ways to Address Child Growth Failure

by Simon I.Hay Tim Exton

Precision health mapping of regional and local targets would help steer limited resources to the places of greatest need
Poverty

Rethinking Ways to Address Child Growth Failure

by Simon I.Hay Tim Exton

Precision health mapping of regional and local targets would help steer limited resources to the places of greatest need