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Research Article

Lessons from an eight-country community health data harmonization collaborative

Madeleine Ballarda Community Health Impact Coalition, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Helen Elizabeth Olsenb Medic, San Francisco, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1255-5508View further author information
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Caroline Whiddenc Muso, Bamako, MaliORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0570-4632View further author information
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Daniele Resslerd Lwala Community Alliance, Rongo, KenyaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7221-8410View further author information
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Lynn Metze Thinkmd, Burlington, VT, USAView further author information
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Anoushka Millearb Medic, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Daniel Palazuelosf Partners in Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-0707View further author information
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Nandini Choudhuryg Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Possible, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Fabien Munyanezah Partners in Health, Neno, MalawiView further author information
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Rene Dianei One to One Children’s Fund, Cape Town, South AfricaView further author information
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Kelly Luej Integrate Health/Santé Intégrée, Lomé, TogoView further author information
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P. Émile Bobozik Integrate Health/Santé Intégrée, Kara, TogoView further author information
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Anant Rautg Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Possible, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-9568View further author information
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Andriamanolohaja Ramarsonl PIVOT, Ranomafana, MadagascarView further author information
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Mamy Andrianomenjanaharyl PIVOT, Ranomafana, MadagascarView further author information
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Karen Finneganm Harvard Medical School, PIVOT, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
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Carey Westgaten Community Health Impact Coalition, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Wycliffe Omwandad Lwala Community Alliance, Rongo, KenyaView further author information
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Leping Wango Department of Sociology, Boston University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
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David Citrinp Possible; Medic; University of Washington; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Seattle, WA, USAView further author information
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Ash Rogersq Lwala Community Alliance, Nashville, TN, USAView further author information
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Moses Banda Aronh Partners in Health, Neno, MalawiView further author information
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Molly Christiansenr Living Goods, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Agnes Watsembas Living Goods, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Rehan Adamjeet VITAL Pakistan, Karachi, PakistanView further author information
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Amanda Yembrickb Medic, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Article: 2015743 | Received 10 Aug 2021, Accepted 03 Dec 2021, Published online: 04 Feb 2022

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