Examining key findings of Policy Innovation Memorandum on safety of world drug, vaccine supply

In her blog, "The Garrett Update," Laurie Garrett, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), provides a detailed overview of the key findings from the council's Policy Innovation Memorandum No. 21, a six-point policy recommendation for the G8/20 that she authored, titled "Ensuring the Safety and Integrity of the World's Drug, Vaccine, and Medicines Supply." She writes, "Overall we find that very little data regarding the scale and impact of the unsafe drugs, medicines, and vaccines problem is reliable," adding, "Caution is advised when using any commonly cited data regarding medicines safety or crime" (May 2012).