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. 2007 Sep;4(9):e265.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040265.

Grand challenges in global health: the ethical, social and cultural program

Peter A Singer  1 , Andrew D Taylor, Abdallah S Daar, Ross E G Upshur, Jerome A Singh, James V Lavery
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Grand challenges in global health: the ethical, social and cultural program

Peter A Singer et al. PLoS Med. 2007 Sep.

Abstract

The Grand Challenges initiative has 44 projects worldwide aimed at addressing diseases of the poor. What are the ethical, social, and cultural issues that the initiative faces?

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests. The authors work on the Ethical, Social and Cultural Program for the Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative, which is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. An early draft of this paper was circulated to the Grand Challenges in Global Health community, including program officers of the supporting foundations who had the opportunity to provide comments.

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Figure 1. Consultation Model
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