Primary health care in South Asia: a time for reform

Affiliations

¹ Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA.
² Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
³ BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh.
⁴ World Health Organization, Sri Lanka.
⁵ Independent Consultant, India.
⁶ Coventry University, UK.

Krishna D Rao et al. Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2024.

. 2024 Aug 20:28:100467.

doi: 10.1016/j.lansea.2024.100467. eCollection 2024 Sep.

¹ Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA.
² Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
³ BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh.
⁴ World Health Organization, Sri Lanka.
⁵ Independent Consultant, India.
⁶ Coventry University, UK.

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