Non-communicable diseases and human rights: Global synergies, gaps and opportunities

Global Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1200-1227

  Ferguson, Laura ^a   Tarantola, Daniel ^a   Hoffmann, Michael ^b   Gruskin, Sofia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; global; human rights; Non communicable diseases; policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MONITORING; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84961589308     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2016.1158847     Document Type: Article

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