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. 2010 Dec 21;7(12):e1000385.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000385.

Toward a consensus on guiding principles for health systems strengthening

Robert C Swanson  1 , Annette Bongiovanni, Elizabeth Bradley, Varnee Murugan, Jesper Sundewall, Arvind Betigeri, Frank Nyonator, Adriano Cattaneo, Brandi Harless, Andrey Ostrovsky, Ronald Labonté
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Toward a consensus on guiding principles for health systems strengthening

Robert C Swanson et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Based upon a review of the literature, Robert Chad Swanson and colleagues present a set of guiding principles for health systems strengthening.

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Conflict of interest statement

RCS received US$1000 from the Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for partially funding one of the attended conferences. He also shared a room for one night while attending a different conference with a colleague that was paid for by the NGO Food for the Hungry.

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