Learning from Exemplars in Global Health: A road map for mitigating indirect effects of COVID-19 on maternal and child health

David E. Phillips, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta*, Agnes Binagwaho, Ties Boerma, Matthew C. Freeman, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Raj Panjabi

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere003430
JournalBMJ Global Health
Volume5
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 31 2020

Funding

The Exemplars in Global Health programme is a partnership including the institutional affiliations of the authors listed here as well as local research partners in each country. The authors acknowledge the contributions of all those partners involved, including: Nadia Akseer and Emily Keats working with the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health; Seifu Gebreyesus, Luis Huicho, Roman Mogilevskii, Mohamadou Sall, Bilal Shikur and Raj Kumar Subedi leading local research partnerships with the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health; Mimi Frisch, Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo and Amy VanderZanden working with the University of Global Health Equity; Patricia Garcia, Fauzia Akter Huda, Mohamadou Sall, Felix Sayinzoga, Raj Kumar Subedi and Alula Teklu leading local research partnerships with the University of Global Health Equity; Agbessi Amouzou, Andrea Blanchard, Robert Black, Oona Campbell, Brittany Furgal, Elizabeth Hazel, Safia Jiwani, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Abdoulaye Maiga, Dessalegn Melesse, Shefali Oza, Neha Singh and Shelley Walton working with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Manitoba; Robert Bednarczyk, Bonheur Dounebaine, Anna Ellis, Kyra Hester and Katie Micek working with Emory University; Danielle Boyda, Carla L\u00F3pez Casta\u00F1eda, Nan Chen, Tanya Jones, Kyle Muther and Matt Price working with Last Mile Health; Mengesha Admassu, Kaosar Afsana, Mohammad Ariful Alam, Vera Joanna Bornstein, Mushtaque Chowdhury, Bernice Dahn, Luidina Hailu, Jacopo Gabani, Camila Giugliani and Carlile Lavor leading local research partnerships with Last Mile Health; and Nadia Akseer, Daniel Beaulieu, Niranjan Bose, Nathaniel Gerthe, Goutham Kandru and Oliver Rothschild working with Gates Ventures. This work was jointly funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Gates Ventures. The funders provided project management and writing support.

Keywords

  • child health
  • maternal health
  • nutrition

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Health Policy
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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