Will increased funding for neglected tropical diseases really make poverty history?

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9821, 2012, Pages 1097-1098

  Allen, Tim ^a   Parker, Melissa ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE;

EID: 84859103798     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60159-7     Document Type: Letter

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