Accelerating health equity: the key role of universal health coverage in the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Published in BMC Med on April 29, 2015

Authors

Viroj Tangcharoensathien1, Anne Mills2, Toomas Palu3

Author Affiliations

1: International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Tivanond Road, Nonthaburi, 11000, Thailand. viroj@ihpp.thaigov.net.
2: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicines, Keppel Street, London, WC1E7HT, UK. anne.mills@lshtm.ac.uk.
3: World Bank, East Asia and Pacific Office, Rama 4, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand. tpalu@worldbank.org.

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