We hasten to point out that there is no such thing as a value-free or objectively scientific perspective on the recommended solutions. The status quo implies acceptance of the values that drive systems now – even if those values are not often acknowledged and made explicit. If the current state of global health is unacceptable, if the status quo needs to be transformed, then consciously identifying and addressing the values that operate in health-related decisionmaking in households, communities, districts, nations, and globally -- and the relationship of those values to the distribution of.