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“The future of humanity resides in the lost laughter of the child in the yellow sari—listen”. Last year James Levine 1 Levine JA Deafness. Lancet. 2009; 374: 2126-2127 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (2) Google Scholar won the Wakley Prize for his moving and imaginative essay about the sexual exploitation of children in India. Each year the Wakley Prize is awarded for the best essay on a clinical topic of international health importance. We invite submissions for this year's Wakley Prize from anyone working or training in a health-related field, and encourage entrants to write about their country of origin. The winning essay will be a carefully crafted piece of prose that is a pleasure to read and prompts readers to wider reflection. The winner, as judged by Lancet editors (with authors' identities masked), will receive £2000, with publication in the final issue of the year. Essays of no longer than 2000 words should be submitted through the journal's electronic submission system; specifying Wakley Prize as the article type. The deadline is Oct 4, 2010.
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