Providing Impetus, Tools, and Guidance to Strengthen National Capacity for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Viet Nam

Heiman Wertheim and colleagues describe the launch and impact of VINARES, an initiative to strengthen antimicrobial stewardship in Vietnam.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  PLoS Medicine

• Publication date

  2013-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001429PMID 23667342PMCID 3646721
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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