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Commentary and Debate

Multisectoral approaches to addressing global urban maternal and perinatal health inequities

Opeyemi Babajidea Rockefeller Foundation, Boston University 3-D Commission on Determinants, Data and Decision-making, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Lenka Beňováb Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, BelgiumORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8595-365XView further author information
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Ibukun-Oluwa Omolade Abejirindec Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Ontario, Canada;d Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0139-0541View further author information
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Eric A.P. Steegerse Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6658-9274View further author information
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Peter Waiswaf School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda;g Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;h Makerere University Centre of Excellence for Maternal Newborn & Child Health (MNCH), Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Sandro Galeaa Rockefeller Foundation, Boston University 3-D Commission on Determinants, Data and Decision-making, Boston, MA, USA;i Boston University School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7534-0945View further author information
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Salma M Abdallaa Rockefeller Foundation, Boston University 3-D Commission on Determinants, Data and Decision-making, Boston, MA, USA;i Boston University School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5474-4521View further author information
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Pages 940-944 | Received 21 Feb 2022, Accepted 30 Jun 2022, Published online: 03 Aug 2022

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