... the wide disparities in payments for health expenditures between Orphan drugs are defined as drugs that are developed for orphan diseases affecting less than 200,000 people These treat conditions ... while contributing little to incentives Thus, the main policy issue is to stimulate R&D for “orphan drugs”1 and neglected diseases2 since purchasing power in poor countries is low with very little ... lower prices in developing countries However, when the pharmaceutical firm files patents for orphan drugs related to neglected diseases, the patent owners would be provided protection worldwide...
... information systems (GIS); specialized database management systems that use textual, numeric, alphanumeric and imagery data including especially maps Of particular use are spatial imagery and...
... Chandrasekhar (eds) (2003) Work and Well-being in the Age of Finance Tulika, New Delhi Griffith-Jones, Stephany, and Jose-Antonio Ocampo (eds) (2000) Reforming the International Financial System FONDAD,...
... Jacobzone, Stephane 2000 “Coping with aging: International challenges What are the implications of greater longevity and declining disability levels?” Health Affairs 19(3):213-25 Jacobzone, Stephane, ... elderly resulting from the added physical and financial burden faced by them from caring for orphans and persons with HIV/AIDS (Ainsworth and Dayton 2001; Barnett and Blaikie 1992; Vanlandingham ... older carers’ health suffers substantially on account of taking care of HIV/AIDS patients and orphans in the household (WHO 2001) In any case, it is apparent that at least in the short run, elderly...
... Wehmer (ESCAP) ESCAP staff who provided valuable inputs and comments: Adnan Aliani, Kelly Anne Hayden, Tae Hyung Kim, Ti LeHuu, John Moon, A.S.M Abdul Quium, Salmah Zakaria, Justin Alick (Intern),...
... and Sato and Okada (2010) 39 See Bretton Woods Project (2010) 40 See Wheelan (2011) 41 See Wraughay (2010) 42 See http://geeref.com/pages/home Also see Bird (2009), Behrens (2009), and Commission ... Available from: http://www.weforum.org/reports/taskforcelow-carbon-prosperity-recommendations?ol=1 Wraughay, Dominic 2010 Sources of Long Term Finance: private sector investment The Geneva Dialogue on...