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Revitalizing child health: lessons from the past

Kathleen L. Stronga Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Aging Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jennifer Requejob Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, UNICEF, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0351-7465View further author information
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Ambrose Agweyuc Department of Epidemiology and Demography, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, KenyaView further author information
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Sk Masum Billahd Maternal and Child Health Division, Icddr, b, Dhaka, BangladeshView further author information
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Cynthia Boschi-Pintoe Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Federal Fluminense Rio De Janeiro, BrazilView further author information
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Sayaka Horiuchif Center for Birth Cohort Studies, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, JapanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5050-8732View further author information
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Zeina Jamaluddineg Epidemiology and International Health, LSHTM, London, UKView further author information
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Marzia Lazzerinih Center for Maternal and Child Health, Institute for Maternal and Child Health IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, ItalyView further author information
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Abdoulaye Maigai Global Disease epidemiology and control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0907-5995View further author information
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Neil McKerrowj Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa;k Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa;l Global Child Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten-Herdecke, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8891-6176View further author information
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Melinda Munosi Global Disease epidemiology and control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1349-8026View further author information
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Joanna Schellenbergg Epidemiology and International Health, LSHTM, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0708-3676View further author information
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Article: 1947565 | Received 24 Mar 2021, Accepted 22 Jun 2021, Published online: 29 Jul 2021

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