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Humanitarian morals and money: health sector financing and the prelude to the Liberian Ebola epidemic

Morals humanitaires et argent: le financement du secteur de la santé et le prélude à l'épidémie d'Ebola au Libéria

Pages 319-334 | Received 17 May 2016, Accepted 12 Jun 2016, Published online: 07 Oct 2016

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