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Guideline
. 2016 Jun 28;13(6):e1002056.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002056. eCollection 2016 Jun.

Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement

Gretchen A Stevens  1 , Leontine Alkema  2 , Robert E Black  3 , J Ties Boerma  1 , Gary S Collins  4 , Majid Ezzati  5 , John T Grove  6 , Daniel R Hogan  1 , Margaret C Hogan  7 , Richard Horton  8 , Joy E Lawn  9 , Ana Marušić  10 , Colin D Mathers  1 , Christopher J L Murray  11 , Igor Rudan  12 , Joshua A Salomon  13 , Paul J Simpson  14 , Theo Vos  12 , Vivian Welch  15   16 ; GATHER Working Group
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Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement

Gretchen A Stevens et al. PLoS Med. .

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Abstract

Gretchen Stevens and colleagues present the GATHER statement, which seeks to promote good practice in the reporting of global health estimates.

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Conflict of interest statement

PJS is Deputy Editor of PLOS Medicine. JS and TV serve on the editorial board of PLOS Medicine. JS is a member of the Global Burden of Disease Scientific Council. AM is on the steering group of the EQUATOR Network. All other authors declare no competing interest.

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