Strengthen mental health services for universal health coverage in India

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C Lahariya. J Postgrad Med. 2018 Jan-Mar.

. 2018 Jan-Mar;64(1):7-9.

doi: 10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_185_17.

¹ National Professional Officer - Universal Health Coverage, World Health Organization Country office, India.

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Epidemiology of mental disability using Indian Disability Evaluation Assessment Scale among general population in an urban area of Puducherry, India.
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