Methodological and policy limitations of quantifying the saving of lives: a case study of the Global Fund's approach.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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