Beating NCDs can help deliver universal health coverage

The Lancet

Volumn 390, Issue 10101, 2017, Pages 1473-1474

  Vázquez, Tabaré Ramón ^a   Ghebreyesus, Tedros Adhanom ^b  

^a Presidency of the Republic   (Uruguay)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NOTE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE SECTOR; TOBACCO; UNHEALTHY DIET; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; INSURANCE; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POLICY MAKING; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 85031939407     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32470-4     Document Type: Note

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