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Acknowledgements: Funding for the research described in this Commentary comes from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Community Alliance for Health Research Program Grant FRN#43282. The commentary text is based on a presentation at the WHO/In Motion International Summer School held in Saskatoon, August 20–24, 2001
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