COVID-19 pandemic: a time for collaboration and a unified global health front.

Dominique Vervoort; Xiya Ma; Jessica G Y Luc

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COVID-19 pandemic: a time for collaboration and a unified global health front.

August 12, 2020

Vervoort D, Ma X, Luc JGY. Int J Qual Health Care. 2021;33(1):mzaa065.

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This article discusses the importance of global solidarity and collectivism during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights examples of effective global health collaboration.

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