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Global Health

"Global Health" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A multi- and interdisciplinary field concerned with improving health and achieving equity in health for all people. It transcends national boundaries, promotes cooperation and collaboration within and beyond health science fields, and combines population-based disease prevention with individually-based patient care.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Global Health" by people in this website by year, and whether "Global Health" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 170 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 15 publications in 2020 and 2021
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