Trade
The links between trade and health extend back to the earliest human settlements, but globalization has brought these spheres together as never before. This section examines the issues that have led to an even closer intersection between trade and health, asks how they impact the poor, and explores the tensions that arise between the goals of protecting and promoting health and generating wealth through trade.
Trade
16 Percent
The value of global trade in medical goods rose by 16 percent in 2020
Global Trade in 2020
1,961
A December 2021 search of ClinicalTrials.gov found 1,961 studies involving mRNA technology
mRNA Therapeutics: The Technology That Saved the World
1 Percent
India is spending only one percent of its GDP on health
Community health in rural India
94 Percent
By December 2021, 94 percent of people in LMICs had not yet received a first dose of COVID vaccine
COVID-19 vaccine access in LMICs
1995
Founding of World Trade Organization (WTO)
Founding of World Trade Organization (WTO)
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The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Reveals Changes in the Trade-Health Nexus
President Joe Biden’s push to finish the IPEF highlights how trade and health issues have evolved
Balancing Global Interdependence and Self-Reliance
The future of critical medicines production
Build an Oxygen Ecosystem
COVID drew attention to the need for medical oxygen. Now donors need a plan to make it sustainable
Health Care’s Climate Footprint: Saving Lives without Costing the Earth
How climate change and health supply chains are inherently connected
Turning Crisis Into Opportunity: Building Supply Chain Resilience in Africa
Absorbing the lessons of COVID-19 requires adopting a broader and longer-term perspective
COVID-19 Lessons, Free Trade and Industrial Politics: The Globalization Mismatch
Why a new approach to international cooperation and globalization should be developed
Fentanyl and Foreign Policy
A domestic crisis confronts transnational challenges and geopolitical calculations
More Harm Than Good
Why cigarette filters should be eliminated from the commercial cigarette market
Why Investing in Cold Chain Technologies Will Improve Health Outcomes
Failure to maintain an unbroken cold chain is among the top reasons vaccines are discarded.
Digitizing Supply Chains—Down to the Last Mile—to End Neglected Tropical Diseases
Limited visibility in procurement makes eliminating NTDs impossible
A "Radical Plan" to Produce Vaccines Locally
Science reporter Amy Maxmen discusses "the hub" and the making of her new podcast for Big Picture Science
Trade Law Confronts an Exceptional Global Health Crisis
How should the trade system change after the pandemic?
Sharpening the Tools in the Pandemic-Ending Toolbox
After nearly two years of negotiation, the WTO makes a decision about COVID-19 vaccine production and access