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. 2010 May 4;7(5):e1000247.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000247.

Negotiating equitable access to influenza vaccines: global health diplomacy and the controversies surrounding avian influenza H5N1 and pandemic influenza H1N1

David P Fidler  1
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Negotiating equitable access to influenza vaccines: global health diplomacy and the controversies surrounding avian influenza H5N1 and pandemic influenza H1N1

David P Fidler. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

As part of the PLoS Medicine series on Global Health Diplomacy, David Fidler provides a case study of the difficult negotiations to increase equitable access to vaccines for highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) and pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1).

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Conflict of interest statement

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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