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Published in: Gut Pathogens 1/2018

Open Access 01-12-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Towards ending viral hepatitis as a public health threat: translating new momentum into concrete results in South-East Asia

Author: Poonam Khetrapal Singh

Published in: Gut Pathogens | Issue 1/2018

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Excerpt

We are living through a “golden age” of global health with respect to communicable diseases. As a result of scientific breakthroughs, global solidarity and focused funding, mortality associated with leading communicable diseases is on the decline. Indeed, since 2000, the progress in combatting the leading communicable diseases (HIV, tuberculosis and malaria) has prompted the global community to commit to end these epidemics once and for all by 2030. …
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Metadata
Title
Towards ending viral hepatitis as a public health threat: translating new momentum into concrete results in South-East Asia
Author
Poonam Khetrapal Singh
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Gut Pathogens / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1757-4749
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13099-018-0237-x

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