THE EFFECT OF COVID-19 ON MATERNAL NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH (MNCH) SERVICES IN BANGLADESH, NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA: CALL FOR A CONTEXTUALISED PANDEMIC RESPONSE IN LMICS

The effect of COVID-19 on maternal newborn and child health (MNCH) services in Bangladesh, Nigeria and South Africa: call for a contextualised pandemic response in LMICs

Abstract Global response to COVID-19 pandemic has inadvertently undermined the achievement of existing public health priorities and laregely overlooked local context.Recent evidence suggests that this will cause additional maternal and childhood mortality and morbidity especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).Here we have explored the

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Autoimmunity in Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome: an unsolved enigma

Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) is a severe X-linked Primary Immunodeficiency (PID) that affects 1 to 10 out of 1 million male individuals.WAS is caused by mutations in the WAS Protein (WASP) expressing gene that leads to the absent or reduced expression of the protein.WASP is a cytoplasmic protein that regulates the formation of actin filaments in

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