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Editorial
. 2018 Feb 26:3:17.
doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.13885.1. eCollection 2018.

The financialisation of global health

Felix Stein  1 , Devi Sridhar  1
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Editorial

The financialisation of global health

Felix Stein et al. Wellcome Open Res. .

Abstract

Global health is increasingly reliant on financial markets. The ongoing financialisation of global health raises new questions of governance, which we expect to affect policy makers as much as doctors, nurses and patients in the years to come. In this editorial, we will first explain what is meant by financialisation, then illustrate its nature in the field of global health via three examples, and end by highlighting some of the governance issues that the financialisation of global health raises.

Keywords: finance; financialization; global health; governance.

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No competing interests were disclosed.

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