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Editorial
A minister of health
  1. J Breilh
  1. J Breilh, Health Research and Advisory Centre and Development Research Centre, Quito, Ecuador
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr J Breilh;
 jbreilh{at}ceas.med.ec

https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.56.12.891

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