NTD policy priorities: Science, values, and agenda setting
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1 Center for Bioethics, Health and Society, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, 2 Department of Philosophy, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, 3 History of Medicine, History and Cultural Studies, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia, 4 Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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