COVID-19 disruption: Family physicians at the forefront

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; and, Community Oriented Primary Care Research Unit (COPC), University of Pretoria, Pretoria. jannie.hugo@up.ac.za.

Johannes F Hugo. S Afr Fam Pract (2004). 2021.

. 2021 Mar 10;63(1):e1-e2.

doi: 10.4102/safp.v63i1.5286.

¹ Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; and, Community Oriented Primary Care Research Unit (COPC), University of Pretoria, Pretoria. jannie.hugo@up.ac.za.

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Keywords: COVID-19; family physicians; health workers; primary care providers.

Conflict of interest statement

The author declares that no competing interests exist.

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