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. 2006 Jul;3(7):e305.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030305.

Building surgical research capacity in Africa: the Ptolemy Project

Miliard Derbew  1 , Massey Beveridge, Andrew Howard, Niall Byrne
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Building surgical research capacity in Africa: the Ptolemy Project

Miliard Derbew et al. PLoS Med. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

The authors describe the Ptolemy Project, a recently developed model of electronic access to medical literature for surgeons in developing countries.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. The 2005 Association of Surgeons of East Africa Meeting in Harare
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