National and global responsibilities for health

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Gostin, Lawrence O ^a   Heywood, Mark ^b   Ooms, Gorik ^c   Grover, Anand ^d   Røttingen, John Arne ^e   Chenguang, Wang ^f  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b Institute of Tropical Medicine ^*  (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health   (India)

^e Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services   (Norway)

^f TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONSENSUS; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALARIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77957806915     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.10.082636     Document Type: Editorial

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