Providing incentives to share data early in health emergencies: the role of journal editors

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK. Electronic address: christopher.whitty@lshtm.ac.uk.
² Global Health Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
³ Wellcome Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Public Health England, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Health, London, UK.
⁶ Government Office for Science, London, UK.

Christopher J M Whitty et al. Lancet. 2015.

. 2015 Nov 7;386(10006):1797-8.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00758-8.

¹ Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK. Electronic address: christopher.whitty@lshtm.ac.uk.
² Global Health Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
³ Wellcome Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Public Health England, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Health, London, UK.
⁶ Government Office for Science, London, UK.

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