title: The Grand Convergence: Closing the Divide between Public Health Funding and Global Health Needs.
abstract: The Global Health 2035 report notes that the "grand convergence"--closure of the infectious, maternal, and child mortality gap between rich and poor countries--is dependent on research and development (R&D) of new drugs, vaccines, diagnostics, and other health tools. However, this convergence (and the R&D underpinning it) will first require an even more fundamental convergence of the different worlds of public health and innovation, where a largely historical gap between global health experts and innovation experts is hindering achievement of the grand convergence in health.
authors.affiliation: Executive Director, Policy Cures, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moran
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health / Q000191:economics*; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics*