Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being is a key Sustainable Development Goal, but combating rising levels of chronic, infectious and non-communicable diseases is one of the biggest public health challenges with implications for health and economic policymaking.
In recent years the opportunities and challenges in healthcare have expanded significantly, driven by globalization, innovation in healthcare technology and delivery, and the complexity of the healthcare landscape and array of global actors.
Progress has been made in combating cancer and other diseases; however, despite clinical advances, health systems continue to struggle to meet patient expectations amid their budgetary responsibilities. There is also the challenge of protecting the right to health while sustaining research to meet the global health needs of tomorrow.
How can global health actors navigate the space between the pursuit of social good and the pursuit of private interests? How can they collaborate to achieve the shared responsibility of delivering access to health innovation?
In what ways can multilateral rules and policies be strengthened to instil trust, foster collaboration, improve transparency and expedite access? What role can governments, multilateral organizations, businesses, patients and others play in managing the tensions between corporate and societal goals? And how can progress and investment on health research be maintained while increasing access to better healthcare?
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