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Maintaining Delivery of Evidence-Based Interventions to Reduce Under-5 Mortality During COVID-19 in Rwanda: Lessons Learned through Implementation Research Cover

Maintaining Delivery of Evidence-Based Interventions to Reduce Under-5 Mortality During COVID-19 in Rwanda: Lessons Learned through Implementation Research

Annals of Global Health
Volume 90 (2024): Issue 1
By: Alemayehu Amberbir,  Felix Sayinzoga,  Kedest Mathewos,  Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo,  Amelia VanderZanden,  Lisa R Hirschhorn and  Agnes Binagwaho  
Open Access
|Jul 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4348 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 18, 2023
Accepted on: Jun 28, 2024
Published on: Jul 23, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
COVID-19,
implementation research,
under-5 mortality,
essential health services,
Rwanda

© 2024 Alemayehu Amberbir, Felix Sayinzoga, Kedest Mathewos, Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Amelia VanderZanden, Lisa R Hirschhorn, Agnes Binagwaho, published by Ubiquity Press
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