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Health Systems & Reform Volume 5, 2019 - Issue 4: Financing Common Goods for Health, sponsored by the World Health Organization, Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing
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Financing Common Goods for Health: Sri Lanka

Palitha AbeykoonPresident of the Sri Lanka Medical Association and Chairman of the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol, Sri LankaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 397-401 | Received 17 Jul 2019, Accepted 09 Aug 2019, Published online: 18 Oct 2019

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