The third global patient safety challenge: tackling medication-related harm

Affiliations

¹ Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9DX, Scotland.
² Department of Service Delivery and Safety, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Health Systems and Innovation, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England.

Editorial

Aziz Sheikh et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2017.

. 2017 Aug 1;95(8):546-546A.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.17.198002.

¹ Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9DX, Scotland.
² Department of Service Delivery and Safety, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Health Systems and Innovation, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England.

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