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Review Article

‘First 1000 days’ health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: alignment of South African policies with high-quality evidence

René Englisha Health Systems Trust, Health Systems Research Unit, Cape Town, South Africa;b School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nazia Peera Health Systems Trust, Health Systems Research Unit, Cape Town, South AfricaView further author information
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Simone Honikmanc Perinatal Maternal Mental Health, The Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaView further author information
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Aviva Tugendhaftd Priority Cost Effective Lessons for System Strengthening South Africa, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Karen J Hofmand Priority Cost Effective Lessons for System Strengthening South Africa, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
Article: 1340396 | Received 14 Jun 2016, Accepted 05 Jun 2017, Published online: 18 Jul 2017

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