Is universal health coverage the practical expression of the right to health care?

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Published in BMC Int Health Hum Rights on February 24, 2014

Authors

Gorik Ooms1, Laila A Latif, Attiya Waris, Claire E Brolan, Rachel Hammonds, Eric A Friedman, Moses Mulumba, Lisa Forman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium. gooms@itg.be.

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