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Institutional Development for Public Health: Learning the Lessons, Renewing the Commitment

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  1. Carso Health Institute, Mexico City, Mexico

    Julio Frenk

  2. Center for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

    Miguel Ángel González-Block

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Two former WHO leaders from Mexico opine on what the world, globalizing rapidly, can learn about public health leadership.

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Frenk, J., González-Block, M. Institutional Development for Public Health: Learning the Lessons, Renewing the Commitment. J Public Health Pol 29, 449–458 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1057/jphp.2008.35

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