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Open Access 01-12-2017 | Editorial

New era towards advancing in girls’ and women’s health and rights?

Authors: José M. Belizán, Suellen Miller

Published in: Reproductive Health | Issue 1/2017

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Whenever there are leadership changes in the global health sphere, there are always expectations, hopes, and optimism. 2017 ushers in a new era of global leadership at the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN. All of us involved in making reproductive health more equitable, particularly for the most vulnerable, would like to see profound and rapid changes. During the campaign for the Director General (DG) position at WHO, the candidates responded to a series of questions from the organization, Women Deliver, (http://womendeliver.org/2017/close-personal-three-final-director-general-candidates/). …

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Belizán JM, Miller S. What can WHO do to support research in LMICs? Lancet. 2017;29:389.

Independent Expert Review Group. On Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health (iERG). http://www.who.int/woman_child_accountability/ierg/en/. Accessed 15 June 2017.

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Title: New era towards advancing in girls’ and women’s health and rights?
Authors: José M. Belizán
Suellen Miller
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Reproductive Health / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1742-4755
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-017-0340-3

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