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Meeting the Demand for Results and Accountability: A Call for Action on Health Data from Eight Global Health Agencies

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  • Margaret Chan
  • Michel Kazatchkine
  • Julian Lob-Levyt
  • Thoraya Obaid
  • Julian Schweizer
  • Michel Sidibe
  • Ann Veneman
  • Tadataka Yamada

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Margaret Chan, Director-General of the WHO, and the heads of seven other global health agencies, call for a concerted global effort to collect better health data.

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  • Margaret Chan & Michel Kazatchkine & Julian Lob-Levyt & Thoraya Obaid & Julian Schweizer & Michel Sidibe & Ann Veneman & Tadataka Yamada, 2010. "Meeting the Demand for Results and Accountability: A Call for Action on Health Data from Eight Global Health Agencies," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(1), pages 1-4, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:1000223
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000223
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    3. Amanda Glassman, Denizhan Duran, 2012. "An Index of the Quality of Official Development Assistance in Health - Working Paper 287," Working Papers 287, Center for Global Development.
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    7. Odgerel Chimed-Ochir & Diana Arachi & Tim Driscoll & Ro-Ting Lin & Jukka Takala & Ken Takahashi, 2020. "Burden of Mesothelioma Deaths by National Income Category: Current Status and Future Implications," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(18), pages 1-13, September.
    8. Carr-Hill, Roy, 2013. "Missing Millions and Measuring Development Progress," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 30-44.

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