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Sep 2021
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Obiageli Nnodu and Dennis Chao on child ...

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Professor Obiageli Nnodu and Dr Dennis Chao join acting Deputy Editor Emma Cookson to talk about their new study describing modelling of child mortality as a result of sickle cell disease in Nigeria. 

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(21)00191-5/fulltext

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