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Review
. 2020 Dec;10(2):020301.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020301.

The measles emergency is over, but the crisis continues - a call to action for the Pacific Islands

Annette Kaspar  1   2   3 , Sione Pifeleti  2 , Bernard Cs Whitfield  2   4   5
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Review

The measles emergency is over, but the crisis continues - a call to action for the Pacific Islands

Annette Kaspar et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Dec.
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Competing interests: The authors completed the ICMJE Unified Competing Interest form (available upon request from the corresponding author), and declare no conflicts of interest.

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Photo: ENT Team of Samoa on World Hearing Day 2020 (from the team’s collection, used with permission).
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