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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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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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Using Prevention to Improve Global Health
As economic development around the world gives way to obesity and stress, the prevalence of diseas
e rebounds. Chronic diseases, many of which are preventable, account for seven in 10 deaths.
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Combatting the Crisis of Opioids
As the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, the opioid epidemic continues to ra
vage the nation, and there are no simple fixes. As we work to overcome this crisis, the U.S.
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Advancing Critical Health Issues for Veterans
The national consensus is that veterans of the U.S. military, approximately 21 million men and wom
en, deserve first-rate health care.
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The World in Transition | Africa and the Middle East: The Cradle of Civilization Once Again?
Emerging and frontier markets have become a collective bellwether of global growth and social chan
ge, and perhaps nowhere is that more evident than in Africa and regions of the Middle East.
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The Business of Aging: Capitalizing on the Demographic Shift
As population aging transforms societies across the globe, it presents 21st-century businesses wit
h a profusion of new opportunities. Companies are just beginning to respond.
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Global Food Industry Leaders Building a Healthier Future
In the midst of a food revolution, industry leaders will discuss shifts toward healthy and sustain
able products, as well as challenges and opportunities their businesses face.
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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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Building Bridges to Developing Economies: Reports From Field Practice
By 2030, the middle class of the developing world will represent about one-third of the global eco
nomy.
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