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Indirect effects of COVID-19 on maternal and child health in South Africa

Evelyn Thsehlaa SAMRC/WITS Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Adam Balusika SAMRC/WITS Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;b School of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Micheal Kofi Boachiea SAMRC/WITS Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Winfrida Tombe-Mdewaa SAMRC/WITS Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Chodziwadziwa Kabudulac MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Jacques Du Toitc MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Kathleen Kahnc MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;d Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenView further author information
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Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivéc MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Stephen Tollmanc MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;d Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenView further author information
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Susan Goldsteina SAMRC/WITS Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Karen Hofmana SAMRC/WITS Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Article: 2153442 | Received 15 Aug 2022, Accepted 25 Nov 2022, Published online: 06 Jan 2023

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