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More than one crisis: COVID-19 response actors navigating multi-dimensional crises in Flanders, Belgium

Tarun Kattumanaa Husserl Archives, Research Center for Phenomenology and Continental Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;b Access-To-Medicines Research Centre, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;c Institute for the Future, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Leonardo W. Heyerdahld Department of Global Health, Anthropology and Ecology of Disease Emergence Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris cité, Paris, FranceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5540-5388View further author information
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ToTran Nguyene Socio-Ecological Health Research Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, BelgiumORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7232-9241View further author information
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Stef Dielene Socio-Ecological Health Research Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, BelgiumORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0471-2449View further author information
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Koen Peeters Grietense Socio-Ecological Health Research Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium;g School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, JapanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6570-9887View further author information
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Anne-Mieke Vandammec Institute for the Future, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;i Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;j Center for Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene E Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6594-2766View further author information
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Tamara Giles-Vernickd Department of Global Health, Anthropology and Ecology of Disease Emergence Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris cité, Paris, FranceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2873-8544View further author information
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Heidi J. Larsonf Vaccine Confidence Project and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8477-7583View further author information
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Nico Vandaeleb Access-To-Medicines Research Centre, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7687-7376View further author information
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Corinne Vandermeulenh Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven University Vaccinology Centre, Leuven, BelgiumORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1954-7554View further author information
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Charlotte Gryseelse Socio-Ecological Health Research Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, BelgiumORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8963-4469View further author information
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Carla Van Rietb Access-To-Medicines Research Centre, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5638-2069View further author information
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Pages 566-578 | Received 25 Jan 2023, Accepted 25 Jun 2023, Published online: 10 Aug 2023

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