The actions of one country cannot be allowed to undermine decades of multilateral efforts to improve the health and well-being of all peoples of the world.
Bernard Taverne, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD); Firmin Kra, Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké; Francis Akindès, Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké; Gabriele Laborde-Balen, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD); Khoudia Sow, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), and Marc Egrot, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
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