Protecting those who care for others

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Affiliations

¹ International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.
² Division of Research and Development, Vital Strategies, New York, New York, United States.
³ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Editorial

I D Rusen. Public Health Action. 2017.

. 2017 Dec 21;7(4):244.

doi: 10.5588/pha.17.0110.

I D Rusen^{1

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¹ International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.
² Division of Research and Development, Vital Strategies, New York, New York, United States.
³ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: none declared.

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