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Correction to: Convergence model for effectual prevention and control of zoonotic diseases: a health system study on ‘One Health’ approach in Ahmedabad, India

Health Research Policy and Systems volume 17, Article number: 78 (2019) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 19 December 2018

Correction to: Health Res Policy and Syst (2018) 16:124

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-018-0398-6

It was highlighted that the original article [1] contained an error in the Methods section, specifically in Study Section. The number urban health centres should be 72 instead of 6. This Correction article shows the incorrect and correct statement in the Methods section.

Incorrect statement:

The rural areas of Ahmedabad have one district hospital, six community health offices and 36 primary health centres [3], whereas the urban areas of Ahmedabad have six urban health centres, six medical colleges and one homeopathy college as well as being well facilitated by private companies for human health [2].

Correct statement:

The rural areas of Ahmedabad have one district hospital, six community health offices and 36 primary health centres [3], whereas the urban areas of Ahmedabad have 72 urban health centres, six medical colleges and one homeopathy college as well as being well facilitated by private companies for human health [2].

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  1. Yasobant, et al. Convergence model for effectual prevention and control of zoonotic diseases: a health system study on ‘one health’ approach in Ahmedabad, India. Health Res Policy Syst. 2018;16:124. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-018-0398-6.

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  2. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Ahmedabad city: Ahmedabad municipal Corporation. About Ahmedabad city. 2017. https://ahmedabadcity.gov.in/ portal/jsp/Static_pages/about_us.jsp. Accessed 2 Jan 2018.

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  1. Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Sandul Yasobant, Walter Bruchhausen & Timo Falkenberg

  2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Sandul Yasobant

  3. Institute of History and Ethics of Medicine, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Walter Bruchhausen

  4. Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG), Gujarat, India

    Deepak Saxena

  5. GeoHealth Centre, Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Timo Falkenberg

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Yasobant, S., Bruchhausen, W., Saxena, D. et al. Correction to: Convergence model for effectual prevention and control of zoonotic diseases: a health system study on ‘One Health’ approach in Ahmedabad, India. Health Res Policy Sys 17, 78 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-019-0481-7

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