BRIEF

Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health (Brief)

by
Ruth Levine
and
the What Works Working Group
July 18, 2005
This Brief is based on the CGD book Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health. The book book features 17 success stories. These cases describe some large-scale efforts to improve health in developing countries that have succeeded - saving millions of lives and preserving the livelihoods and social fabric of entire communities.

CITATION

Levine, Ruth, and the What Works Working Group. 2005. Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health (Brief). Center for Global Development.

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