Special issue on South Asia
BMJPublished 29 January 2004
D Varatharajan
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Little is known about the disease burden and barriers to health care in South Asia as researchers either do not know or do not …
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EDITOR—A special issue on South Asia is welcome.1 The region provides ample opportunity for the world to discuss and learn from its problems and experiences. Yet little is known about its disease burden and barriers to health care as researchers either do not …
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MedicineEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceHealth Professions
BMJWhy a special issue of the <i>BMJ</i> on South Asia?
4 Citations2003Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Samiran Nundy, +1 more
What religion and nationalism have divided, health can unite “South Asia is fast emerging as the poorest, themost illiterate, the most malnourished, the least gender-sensitive, the more deprived region in the world.