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The sexual and reproductive health needs of school-going young people in the context of COVID-19 in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Natsayi Chimbindi1 Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban & Mtubatuba, South Africa;2 Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom;3 University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ursula Ngema1 Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban & Mtubatuba, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1046-1479
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Nothando Ngwenya1 Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban & Mtubatuba, South Africa;2 Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom;3 University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Andrew Gibbs2 Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom;3 University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa;4 Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2812-5377
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Candice Groenewald5 Centre for Community Based Research, Human Sciences Research Council, Durban, South Africa;6 Department of Psychology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa
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Guy Harling1 Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban & Mtubatuba, South Africa;2 Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom;3 University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa;7 MRC/Wits Rural Public Health & Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;8 Department of Epidemiology & Harvard Centre for Population and Development Studies, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-491X
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Nondumiso Mthiyane1 Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban & Mtubatuba, South Africa;2 Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United KingdomORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9881-7267
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Busisiwe Nkosi1 Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban & Mtubatuba, South Africa;2 Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom;3 University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7084-3252
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Janet Seeley1 Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban & Mtubatuba, South Africa;3 University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa;9 Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United KingdomORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-5272
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Maryam Shahmanesh1 Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban & Mtubatuba, South Africa;2 Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom;3 University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7129-8535
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Pages 162-170 | Received 01 Apr 2022, Accepted 01 Jun 2022, Published online: 28 Jul 2022

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