Global health seen as big business for Seattle

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 24, 2008

The field of global health, once perhaps regarded as a noble humanitarian endeavor aimed at healing and helping the world's poorest people, is now becoming something of an "emerging industry" that the Seattle business community sees as a highly competitive enterprise. That was the gist of a three-day conference sponsored by the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce. The meeting also launched a new organization called the Washington Global Health Alliance.

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