Health and Poverty

Principles and basic concepts of equity and health

| 1999
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO). Pan American health organization (PAHO)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health care delivery, health policy, public health, latin america, caribbean region
This paper examines conceptual issues for equity in health in the context of Latin America and the Caribbean.
 

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