Technologies for global health
Peter Howitt MA a 
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Peter Howitt discusses the joint Lancet University College London Commission on Technologies for Global Health.
Executive summary
Availability of health technology is inversely related to health need. Although health-care systems in high-income countries make extensive use of technology, people in the world's poorest countries often lack the most fundamental drugs and devices. A concerted global effort to encourage the development and use of health technologies that can benefit the poorest people in the world is needed.
Technologies for global health refers to a broad category of interventions that reduce malnutrition, improve sanitation, and increase safety on roads, and they are distinct from health technologies specifically designed to prevent, diagnose, or treat illness, from the highly specific (eg, a vaccine for a particular disease) to the more widely applicable (eg, a blood pressure monitor). The contribution of technologies for health should be acknowledged, and they are considered here, although this report mainly focuses on the narrower category of health technologies.
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