Redressing the impact of COVID-19 on medical education in Africa: the need for collective action

Affiliations

¹ Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi, Nigeria ossai_2@yahoo.co.uk.
² Center for Policy Impact in Public Health, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

^# Contributed equally.

Edmund Ndudi Ossai et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;6(3):e005067.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005067.

¹ Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi, Nigeria ossai_2@yahoo.co.uk.
² Center for Policy Impact in Public Health, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; health policy; public health.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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