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Quality matters in strengthening global laboratory medicine

John N. Nkengasong, Deborah Birx
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine | Vol 3, No 2 | a239 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v3i2.239 | © 2014 John N. Nkengasong, Deborah Birx | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 03 September 2014 | Published: 03 November 2014

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John N. Nkengasong, Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Center for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States
Deborah Birx, Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Center for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States

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