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Healthcare-Associated Infection in Developing Countries: Simple Solutions to Meet Complex Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Benedetta Allegranzi  and
Didier Pittet
Benedetta Allegranzi
Affiliation:
World Alliance for Patient Safety, World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Didier Pittet*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
*
Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals, 24 Rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland (didier.pittet@hcuge.ch)
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Poverty and Human Development: Commentary
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 12 , December 2007 , pp. 1323 - 1327
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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