Tackling HIV in MENA: Talk Is Not Enough–It Is Time for Bold Actions: A Response to Recent Commentaries
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*Correspondence to: Mohammad Karamouzian, Email: Karamouzian.m@ alumni.ubc.ca Copyright: © 2018 The Author(s); Published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Citation: Karamouzian M, Madani N, Doroudi F, Haghdoost AA. Tackling HIV in MENA: talk is not Enough – It is time for bold actions: a response to recent commentaries. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2018;7(2):199– 200. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2017.110 Received: 26 August 2017; Accepted: 4 September 2017; ePublished: 10 September 2017
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