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Editorial

International women’s day: fighting for the right to health care while facing COVID-19

Marcia Mendonça CarneiroEditor in Chief, Women & Health Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil [email protected]
Pages 219-220 | Published online: 01 Mar 2021

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