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Objective: Rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) are several times above those ofhigh-income countries. The objective of this study was to identify risk factors (RFs) for VAP cases in ICUs of LMICs.Design: Prospective cohort study.Setting: This study was conducted across 743 ICUs of 282 hospitals