Achieving the health Millennium Development Goals for South Africa: challenges and priorities.

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Published in Lancet on August 24, 2009

Authors

Mickey Chopra1, Joy E Lawn, David Sanders, Peter Barron, Salim S Abdool Karim, Debbie Bradshaw, Rachel Jewkes, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Alan J Flisher, Bongani M Mayosi, Stephen M Tollman, Gavin J Churchyard, Hoosen Coovadia, Lancet South Africa team

Author Affiliations

1: Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa. mickeychopra28@gmail.com

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