Essential evidence for guiding health system priorities and policies: anticipating epidemiological transition in Africa.

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Published in Glob Health Action on May 15, 2014

Authors

Peter Byass1, Don de Savigny2, Alan D Lopez3

Author Affiliations

1: Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; peter.byass@epiph.umu.se.
2: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
3: Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia.

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