Oxygen provision to fight COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa

Felix Stein^{1

2}, Meghan Perry³, Geoffrey Banda^{4

5}, Mark Woolhouse^{4

2}, Francisca Mutapi^{4

6}

Affiliations

¹ NIHR Global Health Research Unit Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK felix.stein@ed.ac.uk.
² Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
⁴ NIHR Global Health Research Unit Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁵ The Innogen Institute, University of Edinburgh, Science Technology and Innovation Studies, Edinburgh, UK.
⁶ Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Felix Stein et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;5(6):e002786.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002786.

Felix Stein^{1

2}, Meghan Perry³, Geoffrey Banda^{4

5}, Mark Woolhouse^{4

2}, Francisca Mutapi^{4

6}

¹ NIHR Global Health Research Unit Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK felix.stein@ed.ac.uk.
² Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
⁴ NIHR Global Health Research Unit Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁵ The Innogen Institute, University of Edinburgh, Science Technology and Innovation Studies, Edinburgh, UK.
⁶ Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: health policy; infections, diseases, disorders, injuries; public health.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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