TY - GEN TI - Public health innovation and intellectual property rights: report of the commission on intellectual property rights, innovation & public health SN - 92-4-156-323-0 PB - WHO KW - HEALTH KW - PUBLIC HEALTH KW - DISEASES KW - HEALTH SYSTEM KW - HEALTH POLICY KW - HEALTH FINANCING KW - HEALTH EDUCATION KW - PATENTS KW - POVERTY KW - HIV/AIDS KW - DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES KW - SANITATION KW - INTELLECTUAL POVERTY N1 - Full text available online N2 - Summarizes the existing evidence on the prevalence of diseases of public health importance, particularly those affecting poor people and their social and economic impact. Considers the importance and effectiveness of intellectual property regimes, incentives and other funding mechanisms for stimulating research, creating new medicines and other products and facilitating access to them ER -