Building the case for embedding global health security into universal health coverage: a proposal for a unified health system that includes public health

The Lancet

Volumn 392, Issue 10156, 2018, Pages 1482-1486

  Erondu, Ngozi A ^a,c   Martin, Jerry ^b   Marten, Robert ^a   Ooms, Gorik ^a   Yates, Robert ^c   Heymann, David L ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Global Health   (United States)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSURANCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 85055020591     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32332-8     Document Type: Note

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