We would like to acknowledge the collaboration and generous financial support provided by the French Ministry of Health, Youth and Sport that has made the development and production of this guideline possible.
We also acknowledge the United States Agency for International Development for financial support for the development and publication of this document.
We also thank the Research Grants Council Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases and the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong SAR for providing funding for research and field measurements for the development of this guideline.
We also thank the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control for supporting the first multidisciplinary consensus meeting on the use of natural ventilation for infection control, 15–17 May 2007.
Finally, we thank the staff and management of the facilities used as examples in this guideline for their support and contribution.
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Atkinson J, Chartier Y, Pessoa-Silva CL, et al., editors. Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-Care Settings. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2009. Acknowledgments.