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Editorial
. 2018 Aug 3;3(4):e001033.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001033. eCollection 2018.

Making diagnostic tests as essential as medicines

Adriana Velazquez Berumen  1 , Sarah Garner  1 , Suzanne Rose Hill  1 , Soumya Swaminathan  2
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Editorial

Making diagnostic tests as essential as medicines

Adriana Velazquez Berumen et al. BMJ Glob Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: diagnostics and tools; health systems; public health; viral hepatitis.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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