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https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-7-183-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-7-183-2022
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The unrelenting tide of osteoarticular infections in children: reflections from Uganda, eastern Africa

Antonio Loro

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Forty years ago I made a radical professional choice: to dedicate a few years of practice to the African continent. Not surprisingly, a few years became many. This paper is dedicated to the children who are battling osteoarticular infections and to those who will be struggling with them in future.