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Public Health and Governance, 2019, Volume 17, Issue 1, pp. 2-8
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The paper presents lists of Ten Threats to Global Health published by the World Health Organization in 2018 and 2019. The lists give health problems and emergencies which seriously menace the health and well-being of billions of people on earth. The threats and health challenges are commented in the text. The interested reader is referred to the concise and easily legible original documents which give core data about the threats, actions and responses.
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UMCG University Medical Center Groningen – Groningen Netherlands
Maastricht University Medical Centre – Govenor Kremers Centre: Maastricht, Netherlands
Polish Society of Public Health, Wroclaw, Poland
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