Can Japan contribute to the post millennium development goals? Making human security mainstream through the TICAD process

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 135-142

  Takahashi, Kenzo ^a   Kobayashi, Jun ^b   Nomura Baba, Marika ^c   Kakimoto, Kazuhiro ^d   Nakamura, Yasuhide ^e  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health systems strengthening; Human security concept; Japan; Primary health care; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN SECURITY APPROACH; JAPAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84885715240     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.2013-14     Document Type: Article

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