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doi: 10.1136/bmj.38658.675243.94.
Epub 2005 Nov 10.
Evaluation of current strategies and future priorities for improving health in developing countries
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Evaluation of current strategies and future priorities for improving health in developing countries
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Abstract
This article is the last in a series examining the cost effectiveness of strategies to achieve the millennium development goals for health
More resources are needed to enable developing countries to fund just the health interventions that are highly cost effective. Evidence that existing money is being well spent may help this cause
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