Madagascar can build stronger health systems to fight plague and prevent the next epidemic
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1 Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2 PIVOT Works, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 3 UMR 224 MIVEGEC, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France, 4 Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 5 Madagascar Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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