MMSL 2019, 88(2):71-78 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2019.009

GLOBAL INITIATIVES IN HEALTHCARE: HEPATITIS B IMMUNIZATIONReview article

Iva Holmquist ORCID...1,2, Vanda Bostik ORCID...1*
1 Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hradec Kralove, University of Defence, Czech Republic
2 Emory University Hospital Midtown, Maternity Centre, 550 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 303 08, USA

Global healthcare is a political variable that involves both political as well as nongovernmental agencies and refers to health of the whole planet regardless of the geographical and political boundaries. Global healthcare initiatives are programs that address specific global health issues or diseases.  The most important objective of a global health initiative is to achieve a major improvements in global populations’ health outcomes regardless the geographic location.  Global health programs bring and use various resources to improve, prevent and resolve worldwide health issues.

Keywords: World Health Organization; Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization; hepatitis B; immunization; global health

Received: July 19, 2018; Accepted: April 29, 2019; Prepublished online: May 10, 2019; Published: June 7, 2019  Show citation

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Holmquist, I., & Bostik, V. (2019). GLOBAL INITIATIVES IN HEALTHCARE: HEPATITIS B IMMUNIZATION. MMSL, 88(2), 71-78. doi: 10.31482/mmsl.2019.009
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