The global health concept of the German government: Strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bozorgmehr, Kayvan ^a   Bruchhausen, Walter ^b   Hein, Wolfgang ^c   Knipper, Michael ^d   Korte, Rolf ^d   Razum, Oliver ^e   Tinnemann, Peter ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c GIGA GERMAN INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foreign policy; Global health; Globalisation; Governance; Health policy; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOREIGN POLICY; GERMANY; GLOBAL HEALTH; GLOBALISATION; GOVERNANCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; POLICY ANALYSIS;

FOREIGN POLICY; GLOBAL HEALTH; GLOBALISATION; GOVERNANCE; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS;

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84904335266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.23445     Document Type: Article

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