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Implementing the millennium development goals : health inequality and the role of global health partnerships : policy note / United Nations, Committee for development policy. - United Nations, 2009. - xii, 64 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

At head of title: Committee for Policy Development.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Why do health inequalities matter for achieving the internationally agreed health-related goals? -- Conceptual considerations -- Evidence of health inequalities -- Determinants of health inequalities -- The macroeconomic environment : adjustment and health inequalities -- Global health partnerships -- Conclusions and recommendations.

This publication examines the extent of health inequalities within and between countries and analyzes ways in which global health partnerships (GHPs) - an important vehicle for international cooperation - can alleviate health inequality so as to support developing countries in achieving internationally agreed goals in health, including the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).--Publisher's description.



ISBN: 9789211045956 9211045959

LCCN: 2010474083

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Public health--International cooperation.--Developing countries
Health services accessibility--Developing countries.

Subjects--Index Terms: მედიცინა სახელმწიფო ჯანდაცვა განვითარებად ქვეყნებში ეკონომიკა განვითარებადი ქვეყნების ეკონომიკური პოლიტიკა გაერო

LC Class. No.: RA441.5 / .I465 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 362.109172/4

Universal Decimal Class. No.: [614.2+338.2](1-773)]:327.7