Rural doctor leads global campaign for universal health coverage

Rural doctor leads global campaign for universal health coverage

Yoshitake Yokokura, president of the Japan Medical Association, calls for universal health coverage as president of the World Medical Association in an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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