Meeting Cholera's Challenge to Haiti and the World: A Joint Statement on Cholera Prevention and Care
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Paul Farmer*, Charles Patrick Almazor, Emily T. Bahnsen, Donna Barry, Junior Bazile, Barry R. Bloom, Niranjan Bose, Thomas Brewer, Stephen B. Calderwood, John D. Clemens, Alejandro Cravioto, Eddy Eustache, Gregory Jérôme, Neha Gupta, Jason B. Harris, Howard H. Hiatt, Cassia Holstein, Peter J. Hotez, Louise C. Ivers, Vanessa B. Kerry, Serena P. Koenig, Regina C. LaRocque, Fernet Léandre, Wesler Lambert, Evan Lyon, John J. Mekalanos, Joia S. Mukherjee, Cate Oswald, Jean-William Pape, Anany Gretchko Prosper, Regina Rabinovich, Maxi Raymonville, Jean-Renold Réjouit, Laurence J. Ronan, Mark L. Rosenberg, Edward T. Ryan, Jeffrey D. Sachs, David A. Sack, Claude Surena, Arjun A. Suri, Ralph Ternier, Matthew K. Waldor, David Walton, Jonathan L. Weigel
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