The Evolution of Global Health Programs

The past 25 years have seen the development of a large number of initiatives targeting neglected tropical disesaes of resource poor countries, involving the establishment of public private partnerships, drug donation programmes and interventions with global reach. The stories behind these initiatives have in general not been told, or, if documented, are in diverse places in the scientific literature. Each chapter has historical background, will present fully referenced, illustrated key scientific steps and then presents aspects of the story of how the initiative was established from there, identifying key political, social and public health decisions made along the way.