Think big, World Bank: time for a public health safeguard

Time to think big in human biology?

Utilizing Big Data for Public Health

Big data is usually defined as information assets characterized by such high volume, velocity, and variety that specific technology and analytical methods are required for its transformation into value.1 Analysis of big data may provide useful information in a variety of areas, including healthcare.2 Numbers of data sets obtained from routine operations in the area of healthcare have rapidly in...

Public-private partnerships and Health for All - How WHO can safeguard public interests?

© GASPP 2004 This is the fifth in a series of policy briefs commissioned by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland which has been produced by GASPP on aspects of globalisation and social policy. GASPP is a research and public information programme based in four centres in Finland, UK, Canada and India. The policy briefs are published by STAKES (National Research and Development Centre for ...

Brain Projects Think Big

BIG BANG HUMAN BRAIN The universe started with the Big Bang some 13,500 million (billion) years ago. Then very recently, about 200,000 years ago, another " Big Bang " happened – Homo sapiens appeared on earth. It has many genetic similarities with other species such as the chimpanzee and, even more so, with other hominids such as the Neanderthals who lived with us until 30,000 or so years ago. ...

BRIC Health Systems and Big Pharma: A Challenge for Health Policy and Management

BRIC nations – Brazil, Russia, India, and China – represent 40% of the world’s population, including a growing aging population and middle class with an increasing prevalence of chronic disease. Their healthcare systems increasingly rely on prescription drugs, but they differ from most other healthcare systems because healthcare expenditures in BRIC nations have exhibited the highest revenue gr...