We introduce a measure of population health that is sensitive to dispersion in both agespecific health and lifespan …. The measure generalises health-adjusted life expectancy without requiring more data. A transformation of change in the … measure gives a distributionally sensitive monetary valuation of change in population health and disease burden. Application …

Scholars and policy-makers frequently use the term ‘global health agenda' or some variant, usually because they are … are referring to. We offer a working definition: ‘the list of health issues that a set of elite organizations involved in … global health are paying attention to at any given point in time.' We then offer some recommendations on how the agenda …