National policies and care provision in pregnancy and childbirth for twins in Eastern and Southern Africa: A mixed-methods multi-country study

• Claudia Hanson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Claudia.hanson@ki.se

  Affiliations Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health Sciences–Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8066-7873

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• Stephen Munjanja,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Agnes Binagwaho,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Bellington Vwalika,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Andrea B. Pembe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8090-3298

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• Elsa Jacinto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Women’s and Children’s Health Department, National Directorate for Public Health, Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique

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• George K. Chilinda,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical College, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Kateri B. Donahoe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Sikolia Z. Wanyonyi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Peter Waiswa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Public Health Sciences–Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

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• Muchabayiwa F. Gidiri,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Lenka Benova

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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