The Cost of Inaction - FXB Center for Health and Human Rights

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1. Launched by the FXB Center in August 2008, this landmark initiative explores the “cost of inaction” of a failure to respond appropriately to children. With Professors Amartya Sen and Sudhir Anand directing the project, economists and public health researchers address the complex challenges of enumerating and quantifying the multiple social and economic costs that follow when societies fail to address the pressing needs of their most vulnerable members, viz. children. This project responds to hitherto unaddressed questions in public health: what are the costs of inaction, and is the cost of inaction greater than the cost of action? “Inaction can lead to negative consequences for individuals, families, the community, the economy, and society as a whole.” The first phase of the Cost of Inaction project focused on developing and applying a methodology to consider the consequences and costs that arise from a failure to respond to the needs of children affected (or infected) by HIV/AIDS. To this end, the project team developed a conceptual framework and wrote detailed country case studies.

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2. Launched by the FXB Center in August 2008, this landmark initiative explores the “cost of inaction” of a failure to respond appropriately to children. With Professors Amartya Sen and Sudhir Anand directing the project, economists and public health researchers address the complex challenges of enumerating and quantifying the multiple social and economic costs that follow when societies fail to address the pressing needs of their most vulnerable members, viz. children. This project responds to hitherto unaddressed questions in public health: what are the costs of inaction, and is the cost of inaction greater than the cost of action? “Some impacts are quantifiable in monetary terms and others in metrics that relate to the area of the impact (e.g. mortality or morbidity increase, school enrollment, decline in the health workforce, etc.).” The first phase of the Cost of Inaction project focused on developing and applying a methodology to consider the consequences and costs that arise from a failure to respond to the needs of children affected (or infected) by HIV/AIDS. To this end, the project team developed a conceptual framework and wrote detailed country case studies.

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