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		Balancing policy and research for better health

		Twists in the Mwanza tale

		Double speak on reproductive health

		Good for business, good for health?

		Coping with malaria in urban India

		New possibilities for TB control?

		Uncovering the evidence. What works for safe motherhood?

		Sites for Sore Eyes

December 1999 Insights Issue #32

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Beating the millennium bugs

Balancing policy and research for better health

This century has seen huge gains in health. But shadows are being cast on our achievements by the resurgence of diseases like tuberculosis believed to be long conquered, the resistance to drugs of diseases once thought of as curable (such as malaria) and the arrival of new plagues such as HIV. Research has made us aware how complex the relationships between health and disease can be. Its potential to guide and inform policy is great. But views differ sharply on how far its influence actually extends. Where do mismatches between research and policy, researchers and policymakers occur? Can we do anything to improve the balance?

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Also in this issue:

Twists in the Mwanza tale

Double speak on reproductive health

Good for business, good for health?

Coping with malaria in urban India

New possibilities for TB control?

Uncovering the evidence. What works for safe motherhood?

Sites for Sore Eyes
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Coming in Issue #33: The State They're In? Corruption and developing countries.

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