The Lancet Global Health
Apr 2015 Volume 3 Number 4 e178-e239
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/issue/current

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Think big, World Bank: time for a public health safeguard
Richard Seifman, Sarah Kornblet, Claire Standley, Erin Sorrell, Julie Fischer, Rebecca Katz
Published Online: 09 February 2015
Summary
Sometimes great changes result from small actions. Technical advances might grab headlines, but changes to administrative processes can potentially have an equally important effect on how public health actions are carried out on the ground. In the past six decades, the World Bank’s increasingly diverse portfolio has grown to include more than US$1 billion in annual commitments for health, nutrition, and population activities—about a quarter of all its projects.1 That is why it is so essential that the global community pays attention to the discussion and any proposed decisions about safeguards against any unintended social and environmental effects of World Bank policies and investments.

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A call for international accountability—preserving hope amid false protection
Agnes Binagwaho, Corine Karema
Published Online: 23 February 2015
Summary
Today’s struggle to control the Ebola outbreak in west Africa is a reminder that trust within health systems is absolutely crucial to fight disease—not only locally, but also globally. We describe Rwanda’s experience with a breakdown of communication, accountability, and trust that threatened the great strides in malaria control made over the past decade.

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