Leaving the party -- withdrawal of South African essential medicines.

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Published in S Afr Med J on May 01, 2006

Authors

Jo M Wilmshurst, Marc Blockman, Andrew Argent, Eugenie Gordon-Graham, Jenny Thomas, Andrew Whitelaw, Mignon McCulloch, Malitha Ramiah, H Dyeshana, Joe Ireland, Drugs and Therapeutics Committee

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