Patients, policy and practice - A healthcare change agenda
Much is made in the Western media of the growing global political and economic importance of China and India. There is also much commentary about personal rights, financial inequalities and social dissidence.
But in contrast, we hear very little about the actual wellbeing of these populations despite the great impact they will have on the rest of the world in this, the “Asian century”.
The truth is that the health of Chinese and Indian populations is a major determinant of economic development in both countries, and, as a consequence, economic development globally.