Sep 29 2012
The Lancet examines the domestic health positions of President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney before briefly outlining their positions on global health. "Compared with domestic health reform, global health has received little attention during the [U.S. presidential] campaign," the journal reports, adding, "[T]he U.S. budget crisis might have more effect on global health initiatives than presidential politics, some experts say" (Jaffe, 9/29).
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