Articles in this set

• Trying to improve lives

  Mixed progress on helping the world's poor.
  

• A health gap and a wealth gap

  A decade ago, the UN came up with eight development goals, but progress has been slow.
  

• Combating disease is an uphill battle

  Huge amounts of time and money have been spent trying to tackle diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, with mixed results.
  

• A right to medicines for all?

  There have been accusations that the EU is protecting big pharma and preventing access to essential medicines for people in developing countries.
  

• Decades of failing the world's poor

  Starved of resources, developing countries have struggled to put in place the infrastructure necessary to deliver healthcare.
  

• Welcome migrants, unwelcome effects

  Developing countries are struggling to hold on to their skilled healthcare workers.
  

Health and development