A Global Antimicrobial Conservation Fund for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue , 2016, Pages 70-72

  Mendelson, Marc ^a,b   Dar, Osman A ^c   Hoffman, Steven J ^d,e   Laxminarayan, Ramanan ^f,g   Mpundu, Mirfin M ^h,i   Røttingen, John Arne ^e,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Center for Disease Dynamics Economics and Policy   (India)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network   (United States)

ⁱ ReAct Africa Node ^*  (United States)

^j NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

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EID: 84988527591     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.09.016     Document Type: Editorial

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