Nationalism, international public health assistance, and epidemiologic transitions
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Nationalism, international public health assistance, and epidemiologic transitions.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) describes itself as " an independent federal agency that conducts foreign assistance and humanitarian aid to advance the political and economic interests of the United States " (http://www.usaid.gov). The explicit nationalism in this mission statement raises a problem that stretches far beyond any particular ideology: How should the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.55.3.156