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Editorial

. 2020 Apr 3:369:m1336.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.m1336.

Covid-19: how a virus is turning the world upside down

Ilona Kickbusch¹, Gabriel M Leung², Zulfiqar A Bhutta³, Malebona Precious Matsoso⁴, Chikwe Ihekweazu⁵, Kamran Abbasi⁶

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¹ Global Health Programme, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland kickbusch@bluewin.ch.
² Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
³ Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Wits Health Consortium, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵ Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁶ The BMJ, London, UK.

PMID: 32245802
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m1336

Editorial

Covid-19: how a virus is turning the world upside down

Ilona Kickbusch et al. BMJ. 2020.

. 2020 Apr 3:369:m1336.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.m1336.

Authors

Ilona Kickbusch¹, Gabriel M Leung², Zulfiqar A Bhutta³, Malebona Precious Matsoso⁴, Chikwe Ihekweazu⁵, Kamran Abbasi⁶

Affiliations

¹ Global Health Programme, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland kickbusch@bluewin.ch.
² Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
³ Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Wits Health Consortium, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵ Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁶ The BMJ, London, UK.

PMID: 32245802
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m1336

No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have none to declare.

Comment in

Covid-19: planning a future that focuses on sustainability, health, and social value.
Mehdi A. Mehdi A. BMJ. 2020 May 14;369:m1919. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m1919. BMJ. 2020. PMID: 32409429 No abstract available.
Covid-19 in Pakistan and potential repercussions for the world: is the infection on the verge of endemicity?
Ali A, Zhongren M, Baloch Z. Ali A, et al. BMJ. 2020 May 14;369:m1909. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m1909. BMJ. 2020. PMID: 32409494 No abstract available.

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