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Are international medical conferences an outdated luxury the planet can't afford? No
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Are international medical conferences an outdated luxury the planet can't afford? No
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Every year thousands of doctors and scientists fly to meetings at distant locations. Malcolm Green (doi:
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Competing interests:JOD travels about three times a year as a consultant to the World Health Organization’s “Making Pregnancy Safer” programme.
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