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Comment
. 2015 Mar 4;4(5):315-7.
doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.51.

Power in global health agenda-setting: the role of private funding Comment on "Knowledge, moral claims and the exercise of power in global health"

Ruth E Levine  1
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Power in global health agenda-setting: the role of private funding Comment on "Knowledge, moral claims and the exercise of power in global health"

Ruth E Levine. Int J Health Policy Manag. .

Abstract

The editorial by Jeremy Shiffman, "Knowledge, moral claims and the exercise of power in global health", highlights the influence on global health priority-setting of individuals and organizations that do not have a formal political mandate. This sheds light on the way key functions in global health depend on private funding, particularly from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Keywords: Bill Melinda Gates Foundation; Global Burden of Disease (GBD); Global Health.

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