Education at the Forefront of South Africa’s Children: Afrika Tikkun celebrates…Upsides of Social Media Marketing on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly that assesses the health and economic impact of the past 20 years of investment in neglected disease R&D.
The innovations made possible by investments in neglected disease research between 20000 and today have saved more than 8 million lives and averted more than 598 million DALYs.Equally important, as more of these innovations mature, receive approval, and come to market, it is anticipated that they will save 40.7 million lives total between 2000-2040 and avert 2.83 billion DALYs. Over 75% of the lives saved and DALYs averted will be in sub-Saharan Africa.
AI has the potential to reduce discovery times from its current average of 3-5 years to 1 year and costs by a factor of up to 50. There’s also evidence that AI can accurately predict clinical trial success, e.g. one model predicted the probability of moving to phase 3 with 79% accuracy. Better regulatory harmonization could help cut approval times from their current average of 7 years down to 1-2 years.
Duke’s second paper estimates the potential health and economic benefits of investments in R&D for poverty-related neglected diseases, emerging infectious diseases, and maternal health:
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