Tanzania's position on the COVID-19 pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Muhimbili Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam 3436, Tanzania; Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Electronic address: gsmfinanga@yahoo.com.
² Muhimbili Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam 3436, Tanzania.
³ Tanga Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania.
⁴ Mbeya Medical Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya, Tanzania.
⁵ Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
⁶ Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania.

Sayoki G Mfinanga et al. Lancet. 2021.

. 2021 Apr 24;397(10284):1542-1543.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00678-4. Epub 2021 Apr 14.

¹ Muhimbili Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam 3436, Tanzania; Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Electronic address: gsmfinanga@yahoo.com.
² Muhimbili Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam 3436, Tanzania.
³ Tanga Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga, Tanzania.
⁴ Mbeya Medical Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Mbeya, Tanzania.
⁵ Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
⁶ Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania.

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Conflict of interest statement

ANM is employed by the Tanzanian Ministry of Health. All other authors declare no competing interests. SGM and NPM contributed equally.

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