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Existence and functionality of national immunisation technical advisory groups in Africa from 2010 to 2016

Alison B. WiyehCochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Charles S. WiysongeCochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa;Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa;Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1273-4779View further author information
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Pages 2447-2451 | Received 20 Mar 2018, Accepted 06 May 2018, Published online: 21 Jun 2018

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