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UK offers to help world’s poorest countries provide free health care

BMJ 2009; 339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b3177 (Published 05 August 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3177

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Re: Free health care for world's poorest countries without pre-conditions?

What an excellent rejoinder to this article, exposing much of the
donors' naivety to the "law of unintended consequences", and the "tragedy
of the commons".

Felix should be offered editorship of an 'overseas' contributions
column - titled something like " What works ? - lessons from abroad "

Competing interests:
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Competing interests: No competing interests

10 August 2009
L Sam Lewis
GP Trainer
Surgery, Newport, Pembrokeshire, SA42 0TJ