This new report sets forth an interesting framework which attempts to close the health disparities between the wealthiest and the poor nations through integrated and sustained investment. The report seeks to establish why investing in healthcare should be the development priority, and promotes tackling malaria, AIDS, TB, and other NCDs as a plan of action. The theme of the report is a ‘grand convergence’, as a one chance of humanity to bring “mortality near industrial country levels globally”. This ambitious report estimates that it will take US$70 billion a year on healthcare spending to close this gap between the wealthy and poor nations. Read more here. Read the report here.