Inequalities in the Universal Right to Health
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Convention on the Rights of the Child
3. Global Burden of Diseases
4. Millennium Development Goals
5. Sustainable Developments Goals
6. Social Determinants of Health
7. Health Inequalities
8. From Present to Future
9. Being Born and Growing Up in Inequality
10. Perspectives
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
GBD | Global Burden of Disease |
MDG | Millennium Development Goals |
SDGs | Sustainable Developments Goals |
SDH | Social Determinants of Health |
WHO | World Health Organization |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleBonati, Maurizio, Gianni Tognoni, and Fabio Sereni. 2021. "Inequalities in the Universal Right to Health" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 6: 2844. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062844