Moving global health forward in academic institutions
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1 Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Switzerland 2 Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland 3 University of Basel, Switzerland 4 Global Health Programme, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland 5 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland 6 Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland 7 Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016