After 2015: infectious diseases in a new era of health and development

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have provided a framework for accelerating the decline of infectious diseases, backed by a massive injection of foreign investment in low-income countries. The MDG era draws to a close in 2015, and a new set of goals will focus on poverty reduction and sustainable development. In the area of health, these new goals will take on non-communicable diseases, nutritional disorders, mental health and injuries, and risks linked to environmental and climate change. There will be a marked shift in political support and funding as the prevention and control of infectious diseases is placed in a wider context. Source: HealthCANAL