Neglected Tropical Disease Control in the “Post-American World”
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Neglected Tropical Disease Control in the “Post-American World”
We cannot expect the United States and the United Kingdom to shoulder the entire financial burden of global NTD control. The world’s emerging market economies and the nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council must now step up and share this commitment. Writer, columnist, and Newsweek International Editor Fareed Zakaria has coined the term ‘‘the post-American world’’ to refer to a new world order ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1935-2735
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000812