Closing the diversity and inclusion gaps in francophone public health: a wake-up call

doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005231

Editorial

. 2021 Feb;6(2):e005231.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005231.

Closing the diversity and inclusion gaps in francophone public health: a wake-up call

Valery Ridde^{1

2}, Samiratou Ouedraogo³, Sanni Yaya^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ CEPED (IRD-Université Paris Descartes), Universités de Paris, INSERM, IRD, Paris, France valery.ridde@ird.fr.
² ISED, UCAD, Dakar, Senegal.
³ McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ The George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.

PMID: 33622712
PMCID: PMC7907845
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005231

Editorial

Closing the diversity and inclusion gaps in francophone public health: a wake-up call

Valery Ridde et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;6(2):e005231.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005231.

Authors

Valery Ridde^{1

2}, Samiratou Ouedraogo³, Sanni Yaya^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ CEPED (IRD-Université Paris Descartes), Universités de Paris, INSERM, IRD, Paris, France valery.ridde@ird.fr.
² ISED, UCAD, Dakar, Senegal.
³ McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ The George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.

PMID: 33622712
PMCID: PMC7907845
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005231

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Keywords: COVID-19; public health.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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