Non-communicable diseases and global health governance: enhancing global processes to improve health development
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Non-communicable diseases and global health governance: enhancing global processes to improve health development
This paper assesses progress in the development of a global framework for responding to non-communicable diseases, as reflected in the policies and initiatives of the World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank and the UN: the institutions most capable of shaping a coherent global policy. Responding to the global burden of chronic disease requires a strategic assessment of the global processes ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Globalization and Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1744-8603
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-3-2