Only 2 percent of all global public and private biomedical research is devoted to the diseases that are the major killers in the developing world.

Apart from road accidents, cancer is still the major killer of children, with one in every 600 getting some form of the disease.

Malaria, even though easily treatable, is still a major killer in poor countries.

Throughout history, the major killer in wars had been infection rather than battle injuries.

In many countries, she has said, poverty and the lack of financial resources and political will often are major killers.

Diarrhea is a major killer in the third world, where an estimated 4.5 million children die from it each year.

Only 2 percent of all global biomedical research is devoted to the major killers in the developing world.

It's a major killer of women in poor countries.

These diseases are major killers but they need not be.