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Review
. 2006 Oct 21;333(7573):837-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.38980.664074.94.

Can action on health achieve political and social reform?

Samer Jabbour  1 , Abbas El-Zein, Iman Nuwayhid, Rita Giacaman
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Review

Can action on health achieve political and social reform?

Samer Jabbour et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Public debate about health is rare in Arab countries. But getting the social and political issues underlying health problems onto the agenda could have wider effects on the region's political stagnation

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Advocacy march for the rights of disabled people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
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