Health: A Political Choice From Fragmentation to Integration
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Health: a human right
Health at the heart of sustainable development
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, World Health Organization p06
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A DECISIVE YEAR FOR GLOBAL HEALTH
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Health: A Political Choice – From Fragmentation to Integration
Addressing the deficiencies of globalisation
Axel R Pries and Frederike Sontag, World Health Summit p08
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Amina J Mohammed, deputy secretary-general, United Nations p10
1.4 An ‘off the shelf’ cure for fragmentation?
Achim Steiner, administrator, United Nations Development Programme p12
EDITORS’ INTRODUCTIONS
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The patchwork of global health policymaking
Integrating global health governance for a fragmented world
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