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. 2019 Dec 22;392(10165):2731-2735.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32997-0. Epub 2018 Dec 9.

70 years of human rights in global health: drawing on a contentious past to secure a hopeful future

Lawrence O Gostin  1 , Benjamin M Meier  2 , Rebekah Thomas  3 , Veronica Magar  3 , Tedros A Ghebreyesus  4
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70 years of human rights in global health: drawing on a contentious past to secure a hopeful future

Lawrence O Gostin et al. Lancet. .
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The international development of human rights for health (1948–2018)
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Eleanor Roosevelt, UN commission on Human Rights chair from 1946–52, commemorating the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Jonathan Mann, WHO Global Programme on AIDS Director from 1986–90, and Halfdan Mahler, WHO Director-General from 1973–88, on the first World AIDS Day, Dec 1, 1988
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  • The right to health.
    The Lancet. The Lancet. Lancet. 2018 Dec 15;392(10164):2516. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)33141-6. Epub 2018 Dec 9. Lancet. 2018. PMID: 30541663 No abstract available.

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