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Getting Our Health Priorities in Order: Prevention, Research, and Treatment
The promise of medical research and public health to enhance and extend lives has never been great
er. Regrettably, the obstacles to funding and delivering innovation remain substantial.
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Raising an Active Generation
In the United States, a mere 21.6 percent of children and adolescents (ages 6 to 19) get the recom
mended amount of physical activity each day.
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Putting Prevention First
Chronic diseases are responsible for 85 percent of health spending in the United States. In this s
ession, we'll discuss how we can stop health care from being a system that treats the sick to becoming one that promotes prevention and wellness.
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Reducing the Health and Economic Burden of Chronic Disease
Leaders in health explore ways to evolve from an illness-driven health system to one that pro
motes prevention and rewards wellness, easing health and economic burdens on individuals and communities.
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Start-up Nations: Creating Laboratories for Developing Economies
Emerging and frontier markets have eclipsed the advanced economies in GDP share and growth, just a
s the New World surpassed the Old at the end of the 19th century.
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Building Tomorrow's Agents of Change Across Africa
By the close of the century, sub-Saharan Africa will be the world's most populous region. Growth a
nd prosperity will depend not on natural resources, but on the talent and entrepreneurial energy of the region's young professionals.
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