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Mar 23, 2020

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A girl washes her hands at the entrance of her parents' house in Pikine, on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal Image: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Duncan Maru

MD, PhD, Arnhold Institute for Global Health and the Departments of Health Systems Design and Global Health, Medicine, and Pediatrics at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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