Trade
The links between trade and health extend back to the earliest human settlements, but globalization has brought these spheres together as never before. This section examines the issues that have led to an even closer intersection between trade and health, asks how they impact the poor, and explores the tensions that arise between the goals of protecting and promoting health and generating wealth through trade
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20 Pounds
The average American eats 20 pounds of seafood each year—about three-fourths of which is imported
The Hidden Health Penalty of Seafood Tariffs20%
India's pharmaceutical sector supplies 20% of the world's generic medicines and 37% of LMICs' vaccines
Pharma's Influence on India's Global Health Engagement4.6%
The health-care sector accounts for 4.6% of global net carbon emissions—more than the global shipping industry
Health Care's Climate Footprint: Saving Lives without Costing the Earth2%
Less than 2% of the world's influenza vaccine supply would reach low- and middle-income countries in a crisis
Efforts Against Flu Show Developing Nations Can Make Vaccines 1,961
A December 2021 search of ClinicalTrials.gov found 1,961 studies involving mRNA technology
mRNA Therapeutics: The Technology That Saved the World16 Percent
The value of global trade in medical goods rose by 16 percent in 2020
Three Lessons for Trade and Health1 Percent
India is spending only one percent of its GDP on health
From Zero to 50,000: The Making of a Community Health Program in Rural India94 Percent
By December 2021, 94 percent of people in LMICs had not yet received a first dose of COVID vaccine
Billions Committed, Millions Delivered1995
Founding of World Trade Organization (WTO)
Global Health by the Numbers: December 201990 Percent
In the United States, more than 90 percent of the population was directed to shelter in place during the first lockdown
The Psychological Toll of the Pandemic: What Isolation Does to the Brain1,722
According to UN data, 1,722 health workers have lost their lives during the war in Gaza
Two Years of the Gaza War in Three Health ChartsTrade
Singapore to Africa: AI Diagnostics for a Healthier Future
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The Neglected Crisis in Safe Blood Access
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Financing Health Innovation in Africa
by Mthuli Ncube
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Africa's Shift From Aid Dependency
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Executive Order to Lower U.S. Drug Prices Could Hurt the Poorest Countries
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The Hidden Health Penalty of Seafood Tariffs
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U.S. Retreat from Gavi Cedes Influence to China's Vaccine Suppliers
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Mapping Supply Chains: Global Health Agencies Lead the Way
