Commentary
Getting to grips with GRADE—perspective from a low-income setting

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This work is published with the permission of the Director of Kenya Medical Research Institute. M.E. prepared the first draft of this commentary and both authors revised and produced the final draft. M.E. is supported by a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship (#076827). N.O. is supported by a Wellcome Trust Strategic Award (#084538). The funder had no role in the writing of this piece.

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