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. 2020 Dec;10(2):020363.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020363.

Clinical nutrition care challenges in low-resource settings during the COVID-19 pandemic: A focus on Malawi

Bernadette Chimera  1 , Isabel Potani  2   3   4 , Allison I Daniel  2   3 , Humphrey Chatenga  5
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Clinical nutrition care challenges in low-resource settings during the COVID-19 pandemic: A focus on Malawi

Bernadette Chimera et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Dec.
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Competing interests: The authors 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: Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi. One of the largest tertiary hospitals in Malawi, equipped with a COVID-19 isolation centre.
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