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Open Access 01-12-2013 | Forum

Global health: the importance of evidence-based medicine

Authors: Gretchen L Birbeck, Charles S Wiysonge, Edward J Mills, Julio J Frenk, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Prabhat Jha

Published in: BMC Medicine | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

Global health is a varied field that comprises research, evaluation and policy that, by its definition, also occurs in disparate locations across the world. This forum article is introduced by our guest editor of the Medicine for Global Health article collection, Gretchen Birbeck. Here, experts based across different settings describe their personal experiences of global health, discussing how evidence-based medicine in resource-limited settings can be translated into improved health outcomes.
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Metadata
Title
Global health: the importance of evidence-based medicine
Authors
Gretchen L Birbeck
Charles S Wiysonge
Edward J Mills
Julio J Frenk
Xiao-Nong Zhou
Prabhat Jha
Publication date
01-12-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Medicine / Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1741-7015
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-11-223

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