Global health post-2015: The case for universal health equity

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  D'Ambruoso, Lucia ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Equity; Global health; Millennium development goals; Post 2015 development; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EQUITY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EQUITY; GLOBAL HEALTH; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880169944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.19661     Document Type: Article

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