Good Health at Low Cost 25 years on: lessons for the future of health systems strengthening.

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Published in Lancet on April 08, 2013

Authors

Dina Balabanova1, Anne Mills, Lesong Conteh, Baktygul Akkazieva, Hailom Banteyerga, Umakant Dash, Lucy Gilson, Andrew Harmer, Ainura Ibraimova, Ziaul Islam, Aklilu Kidanu, Tracey P Koehlmoos, Supon Limwattananon, V R Muraleedharan, Gulgun Murzalieva, Benjamin Palafox, Warisa Panichkriangkrai, Walaiporn Patcharanarumol, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Timothy Powell-Jackson, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Martin McKee

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. dina.balabanova@lshtm.ac.uk

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