Multimorbidity: a priority for global health research

Global health Health inequalities Public health and epidemiology

April 2018

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Multimorbidity: a priority for global health research

At a glance

This report, produced in partnership with the InterAcademy Partnership, highlights the growing global challenge of multimorbidity and calls for greater research, policy and healthcare focus to improve prevention, treatment and patient outcomes worldwide.

Date published: 19 April 2018

Multimorbidity – a priority for global health research (PDF, 1.44 MB)

Fellows mentioned

Professor Stephen MacMahon FMedSci

Founding Director, The George Institute for Global Health; Chair in Global Health, Imperial College London

The George Institute for Global Health

Emeritus Professor Peter Calverley FMedSci

Professor of Respiratory Medicine

University of Liverpool

Professor Majid Ezzati FMedSci

Professor of Global Environmental Health

Imperial College London

Professor Vikram Patel FMedSci

Paul Farmer Professor and Chair of Global Health and Social Medicine

Harvard Medical School, Boston, US

Professor Alan Silman FMedSci

Professor of Musculoskeletal Health

University of Oxford

Professor Jadwiga Wedzicha FMedSci

Professor of Respiratory Medicine

Imperial College London

Professor Christopher Dye FRS FMedSci

University of Oxford

Professor Sir Chris Whitty KCB FRS HonFREng FMedSci

Chief Medical Officer

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)

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