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Governing Health Innovation for the Common Good

Authors: The WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All
Source: World Health Organization
Year: 2021

The development of multiple coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in less than a year shows how much can be accomplished when human ingenuity and solid medical research and development capabilities are given extensive public support. However, this experience also demonstrates that unless innovation is governed for the common good, many people remain excluded from its benefits, limiting the positive impact of health interventions, and creating unacceptable inequities that potentially exacerbate the health needs that it is supposed to address.

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