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. 2020 Jul 6;14(7):e0008412.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008412. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Global resource shortages during COVID-19: Bad news for low-income countries

Devon E McMahon  1   2 , Gregory A Peters  1 , Louise C Ivers  1   3 , Esther E Freeman  1   2   4
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Global resource shortages during COVID-19: Bad news for low-income countries

Devon E McMahon et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1. Availability of hospital clinic PPE, sanitation, and functional diagnostics and therapeutics across nationally representative samples of hospitals in 5 low-income countries.
PPE, personal protective equipment.
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