Healthcare Scientific Evidence: Easily Overlooked, Often Not Put Into Practice

Published: May 29, 2010, 5:15 p.m.

b'When breakthrough discoveries are made in health science \\u2014 which could save many lives \\u2014 they are often not put into routine practice around the world until many years later, according to Andy Haines, Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He explained why this can happen and how it can be overcome at the 5th International Conference on Primary Health Care held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.'