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. 2015 Jun 23;12(6):e1001842.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001842. eCollection 2015 Jun.

Achieving Systemic and Scalable Private Sector Engagement in Tuberculosis Care and Prevention in Asia

William A Wells  1 , Mukund Uplekar  2 , Madhukar Pai  3
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Achieving Systemic and Scalable Private Sector Engagement in Tuberculosis Care and Prevention in Asia

William A Wells et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

William Wells and colleagues describe opportunities for improving public-private health provider partnerships to tackle TB.

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Conflict of interest statement

WAW is employed by the US Agency for International Development, and MU is a staff member of the World Health Organization. The views expressed in the article do not necessarily represent the views of these organizations. WAW and MU have declared no competing interests. MP has no financial or industry conflicts to disclose. He serves on the editorial boards of PLOS ONE and PLOS Medicine. He serves as a consultant to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on the access advisory committee of TB Alliance, and on the scientific advisory committee of the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND).

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