2010, Number 3
MEDICC Review 2010; 12 (3)
Research for Health Equity: Knowing is not enough
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In 1990, a seminal report from the Commission on Health Research for Development pointed to the gross imbalance between the magnitude of diseases affecting the world’s poor majority and the meager funds spent on research to fi ght them. Responding to growing momentum, in 1997 the Global Forum for Health Research was founded to address this skewed research agenda. Fast-forwarding to 2009, the Geneva-based organization held its 13th meeting in Havana on the theme Innovating for the Health of All, inspiring collaboration between MEDICC Review and Forum organizers for an issue dedicated to research, innovation and global health equity.