Although almost US $70 billion is spent each year on health research and development by the public and private sectors only 10% of this is used for research into 90% of the world’s health problems. This is what is called “the 10/90 gap”.
The Global Forum’s central objective is to help correct this imbalance by focusing research efforts on the diseases representing the heaviest burden on the world’s health and facilitating collaboration between partners in both the public and private sectors.
The Forum works with a wide group of partners to stimulate networking and discussion in the following areas:
- priority-setting methodologies
- resource-flows in health research
- burden of disease and health determinants
- cost-effectiveness of health interventions
The website provides access to information about the Global Health Forum’s networks and priorities, publications, links and a section aimed at the media.