Key Findings and Lessons from an Evaluation of the Rockefeller Foundation's Disease Surveillance Networks Initiative
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Evaluation of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Disease Surveillance Networks Initiative Nancy MacPherson, Ann Marie Kimball, Charlanne Burke*, Neil Abernethy, Sandra Tempongko and Jakob Zinsstag Rockefeller Foundation, United States; School of Public Health, University of Washington, United States; Rockefeller Foundation, United States; Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics, University of Washington, United States; Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network, Thailand; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland
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