Macroeconomics and health: investing in health for economic development
Revista Panamericana de Salud PúblicaPublished 1 August 2002Open access
Jeffrey D. Sachs
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The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health was established by World Health Organization Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland in January 2000 to assess the place of health in global economic development.
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