Health in the Americas XX/XXI Centuries Perspectives in International Health

Abstract

A case is made that a new frontier of international health is developing technical cooperation among countries of the Americas for narrowing and eventually filling the gap between them. Several initiatives of PAHO are cited.

Keywords

Health for All International health PAHO

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