Experts discuss challenges in global health

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April 9, 2013

In a post in the Skoll World Forum, experts address the question, "What are some of the biggest challenges in global health today, and how do we address them?" According to the post, "contributors to the discussion include Andrea Coleman of Riders for Health, Rebecca Onie of Health Leads, Paul Farmer of Partners in Health, Gary Cohen of Healthcare Without Harm, and Larry Brilliant of the Skoll Global Threats Fund" (4/7).

This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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