Authorship equity guidelines in global health journals

Chris A Rees^#^{1

2}, Stephanie J Sirna^#³, Hussein K Manji^{4

5}, Rodrick Kisenge⁶, Karim P Manji⁶

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA chris.rees@emory.edu.
² Emergency Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of.
⁵ Accident and Emergency Medicine, Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of.
⁶ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of.

^# Contributed equally.

Chris A Rees et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;7(10):e010421.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010421.

Chris A Rees^#^{1

2}, Stephanie J Sirna^#³, Hussein K Manji^{4

5}, Rodrick Kisenge⁶, Karim P Manji⁶

¹ Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA chris.rees@emory.edu.
² Emergency Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of.
⁵ Accident and Emergency Medicine, Aga Khan Hospital Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of.
⁶ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: Descriptive study; Health policy.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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