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Tapping the power of small institutions

Nature volume 422, pages 561–562 (2003)Cite this article

Now is the time to create a virtual, global network for health research.

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  1. director of the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892, Maryland, USA

    Gerald T. Keusch

  2. Senior Researcher at the Institute for Global Health, University of California, San Francisco, 94105, California, USA

    Carol A. Medlin

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