Implementation strategies for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews.

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Published in Cochrane Database Syst Rev on September 12, 2017

Authors

Tomas Pantoja1, Newton Opiyo, Simon Lewin, Elizabeth Paulsen, Agustín Ciapponi, Charles S Wiysonge, Cristian A Herrera, Gabriel Rada, Blanca Peñaloza, Lilian Dudley, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Sebastian Garcia Marti, Andrew D Oxman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Centro Medico San Joaquin, Vicuña Mackenna 4686, Macul, Santiago, Chile.

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