Political will for better health, a bottom-up process

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1185-1189

  De Ceukelaire, Wim ^a   De Vos, Pol ^b   Criel, Bart ^b  

^a INTAL   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Civil society; Class analysis; Right to health; State

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CIVIL SOCIETY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; CUBA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPOWERMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PALESTINE; PHILIPPINES; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EUROPE; HEALTH; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INCOME; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CUBA; EUROPE; PALESTINE; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 79961167045     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02817.x     Document Type: Article

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