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Special Issue: Epidemiological Transitions - Beyond Omran's Theory

Essential evidence for guiding health system priorities and policies: anticipating epidemiological transition in Africa

Peter ByassUmeå Centre for Global Health Research, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research UnitSchool of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;PB is Deputy Editor of Global Health Action but played no part in the editorial process for this paperCorrespondence[email protected]
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Don de SavignyDepartment of Epidemiology and Public HealthSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland;University of BaselBasel, Switzerland
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Alan D. LopezMelbourne School of Population and Global HealthUniversity of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia
Article: 23359 | Received 14 Nov 2013, Accepted 27 Feb 2014, Published online: 15 May 2014

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