Public Health

Findings from S. Binder and co-researchers advance knowledge in public health

Published in Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly, May 8th, 2008

According to a study from the United States, "Donor and government funding for public health programs in low-resource countries - to increase immunizations or treat HIV/AIDS, for example - has risen dramatically. Rising less rapidly is the funding for public health functions that are not direct services or linked to programs for high-priority diseases and conditions."

"In many countries, these functions are housed in National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs). NPHIs are science-based agencies, usually within national governments, that include in their missions such public goods as assessing and monitoring the population's health and responding to outbreaks. Through a...

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Source: Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly (2008-05-08)

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