Vulnerable populations and the right to health: lessons from the Peruvian Amazon around tuberculosis control
Abstract Background In 2014 the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the “End TB Strategy”, setting new ambitious goals for elimination of tuberculosis (TB). In contrast with previous efforts to control TB, the new strategy adopted the protection and promotion of human rights in TB prevention an...
Main Authors: | Camila Gianella, M. Amalia Pesantes, Cesar Ugarte-Gil, David A.J. Moore, Claudia Lema |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-06-01
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Series: | International Journal for Equity in Health |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-019-0928-z |
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