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Review
. 2020 Dec;10(2):020308.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020308.

SARS-CoV-2 and displaced persons in Afghanistan: A blind spot in epidemic preparedness

Benjamin Cr Flower  1 , Katherine MacDonald  2 , Joanna Dobbin  3
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Review

SARS-CoV-2 and displaced persons in Afghanistan: A blind spot in epidemic preparedness

Benjamin Cr Flower et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Dec.
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Competing interests: The authors have completed the ICMJE Unified Competing Interest form (available upon request from the corresponding author) and declare no conflicts of interest.

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Photo: Mudbrick housing in IDP settlement in Afghanistan (copyright Naïk Lashermes 2020, used with permission).
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References

    1. IOM. Displacement Tracking Matrix for Afghanistan. Available: https://dtm.iom.int/afghanistan. Accessed: 20 April 2020.
    1. Covid 19 Multisector Humanitarian Country Plan. New York: United Nations; 2020.
    1. IOM. 2019. Return of Undocumented Afghans Weekly Situation Report 14-20 July 2019. Available: https://afghanistan.iom.int/sites/default/files/Reports/iom_unhcr_2018_j.... Accessed: 20 April 2020.
    1. Concerns Mumbair Dharavi Slum reports Covid-19 cases. Available: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/concerns-mumbai-dharavi-slum-repo.... Accessed: 15 April 2020.
    1. Flower B, Dobbin J. IDP and returnee vulnerability to SARS-CoV-2 in Afghanistan’s informal settlements: a case study of risk in an IDP community in Jalalabad, UN Habitat, 2020 [unpublished]

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