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Lumaka A, Carstens N, Devriendt K, Krause A, Kulohoma B, Kumuthini J, et al. Increasing African genomic data generation and sharing to resolve rare and undiagnosed diseases in Africa: a call-to-action by the H3Africa rare diseases working group. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022;17(1):230. https://ojrd.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s13023-022-02391-w.pdf


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Lee HL, Wilson KS, Bernstein C, Naicker N, Yassi A, Spiegel JM. Psychological Distress in South African Healthcare Workers Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Associations and Mitigating Factors. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(15). https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/ijerph/ijerph-19-09722/article_deploy/ijerph-19-09722-v2.pdf?version=1660009803


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