From today's BMJ: Only 7% of spending on health research goes on needs of poor countries
Tobacco will kill 50% more people in 2015 than HIV/AIDS and will be responsible for 10% of all deaths
Deaths from traffic will increase from 1.2 million in 2003 to 2.1 million in 2030
Deaths from cardiovascular diseases will increase from 17 million in 2003 to 23.3 million in 2030
Deaths from cancer will increase from 7.3 million in 2003 to 11.5 million in 2030
Monitoring Financial Flows for Health Research 2006: Behind the Global Numbers is available at www.globalforumhealth.org.
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