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Urbanization

More than half the world’s population now resides in cities. Urbanization in
low-income countries could offer billions of people better access to jobs and
settlements, but globalization has brought these spheres together as never
health-care services and a gateway to the world economy. To reap those
intersection between trade and health, asks how they impact the poor, and
benefits, those nations will have to confront the looming health and
environmental challenges of urban life. This section examines the ways in
which health and infectious diseases shape urbanization, but also the ways in
which health and infectious diseases shape urbanization, but also the ways in .
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Poverty

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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by Jason Socrates Bardi

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