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‘Labouring’ on the frontlines of global health research: mapping challenges experienced by frontline workers in Africa and Asia

Busisiwe Nkosia Africa Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa;b Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK;c School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jennifer Ilo Van Nuild Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam;h Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5167-5505View further author information
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Deborah Nyirendae Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, MalawiORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5867-4687View further author information
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Primus Che Chif KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, KenyaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2727-2693View further author information
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Mira Leonie Schneidersg Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand;h Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;i Socio-Ecological Health Research Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, BelgiumORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4149-3484View further author information
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Pages 4195-4205 | Received 24 Sep 2021, Accepted 08 Sep 2022, Published online: 02 Oct 2022

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