Global health diplomacy for obesity prevention: Lessons from tobacco control
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Global health diplomacy for obesity prevention: lessons from tobacco control.
To date the global health diplomacy agenda has focused primarily on infectious diseases. Policymakers have not dedicated the same level of attention to chronic diseases, despite their rising contribution to the global burden of disease. Negotiation of the Framework convention on tobacco control provides an apt example from global health diplomacy to tackle diet-related chronic diseases. What le...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Health Policy
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0197-5897,1745-655X
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2010.4