Gender blind? An analysis of global public-private partnerships for health

Globalization and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Hawkes, Sarah ^a   Buse, Kent ^b   Kapilashrami, Anuj ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Global public private partnerships for health; Mainstreaming; Non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

GENDER; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH CARE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE; GENDER IDENTITY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS;

EID: 85019161755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-017-0249-1     Document Type: Article

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