PHM-Exch> Research on diseases of the poor

[Claudio Schuftan]

Despite massive international efforts to improve global health, a new
analysis of nearly 4 million scientific articles finds that research is
disproportionately fo-cused on diseases that primarily afflict wealthy
coun-tries. Correspondingly, less research attention is given to diseases
of the developing world, increasing global health disparities, concludes
the study, published in PLoS ONE.
"Our study demonstrates that health research follows the market, but likely
not just because of the market," said lead author James Evans, associate
professor of sociology at the University of Chicago, director of the
Knowledge Lab and senior fellow of the Computation Institute.
See:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140404221910.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%
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