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. 2020 Jun;10(1):010339.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.010339.

Tackling COVID-19: Can the African continent play the long game?

Akaninyene Otu  1 , Bassey Ebenso  2 , Ronald Labonte  3 , Sanni Yaya  4   5
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Tackling COVID-19: Can the African continent play the long game?

Akaninyene Otu et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Jun.
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