Committing to implementation research for health systems to manage and control non-communicable diseases

Affiliations

¹ Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, WHO, Geneva 1202, Switzerland.
² Non-Communicable Diseases Department, WHO, Geneva 1202, Switzerland.
³ Regional Office for Europe, WHO, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Regional Office for South-East Asia, WHO, New Delhi, India.
⁵ Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, WHO, Cairo, Egypt.
⁶ Regional Office for the Americas, WHO, Washington, DC, USA.
⁷ Regional Office for the Western Pacific, WHO, Manila, Philippines.
⁸ Regional Office for Africa, WHO, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

Robert Marten et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;9(2):e108-e109.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30485-X. Epub 2020 Dec 22.

¹ Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, WHO, Geneva 1202, Switzerland.
² Non-Communicable Diseases Department, WHO, Geneva 1202, Switzerland.
³ Regional Office for Europe, WHO, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Regional Office for South-East Asia, WHO, New Delhi, India.
⁵ Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, WHO, Cairo, Egypt.
⁶ Regional Office for the Americas, WHO, Washington, DC, USA.
⁷ Regional Office for the Western Pacific, WHO, Manila, Philippines.
⁸ Regional Office for Africa, WHO, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

No abstract available

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