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Is Pakistan Well‑Positioned in the Global Health Security Scenario? An Exploratory Qualitative Study with Policy Experts and Public Health Professionals Cover

Is Pakistan Well‑Positioned in the Global Health Security Scenario? An Exploratory Qualitative Study with Policy Experts and Public Health Professionals

Open Access
|Nov 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4536 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 6, 2024
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Accepted on: Nov 2, 2024
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Published on: Nov 21, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2024 Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah, Waleed Qaisar Shaikh, Nargis Yousuf Sattar, Shahzad Ali Khan, published by Ubiquity Press
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