Presentation: "Global Health Challenges: How Industry is Addressing Global Health", presented at the University of Virginia in June 2008
March 10, 2016
Every Year...
-of the 57 million people who die, 10.5 million are children under 5 years and 1.5 million are children between the ages of 5 and 15;
-of the under-fives, half of those deaths occur in Africa, and more than 60% of all under-five deaths are from preventable diseases;
-of those over the age of 15, some 529,000 women die of causes realted to childbirth; 3.1 million die of HIV/AIDS; about 2 million die of tuberculosis and 1.2 million die of malaria.
-Out of the 58 million dealths worldwide in 2005, 7.6 million were due to cancer.
-Over 70% of all cancer deaths occur in low-middle income countries, where limited or no resources are available for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
-Cancer deaths are projected to rise, with about 9 million people dying from cancer in 2015, and 11.4 million dying in 2030.
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Information Collection Request on the Part C and Part D Medicare Prescription Payment Plan Model Documents.
We are writing to express our strong support for the bipartisan Optimizing Research Progress Hope and New Cures (ORPHAN Cures Act). The legislation, which was introduced by Reps. John Joyce (R-PA) and Wiley Nickel (D-NC) in September,1 corrects a…
Every Year...
-of the 57 million people who die, 10.5 million are children under 5 years and 1.5 million are children between the ages of 5 and 15;
-of the under-fives, half of those deaths occur in Africa, and more than 60% of all under-five deaths are from preventable diseases;
-of those over the age of 15, some 529,000 women die of causes realted to childbirth; 3.1 million die of HIV/AIDS; about 2 million die of tuberculosis and 1.2 million die of malaria.
-Out of the 58 million dealths worldwide in 2005, 7.6 million were due to cancer.
-Over 70% of all cancer deaths occur in low-middle income countries, where limited or no resources are available for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
-Cancer deaths are projected to rise, with about 9 million people dying from cancer in 2015, and 11.4 million dying in 2030.