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Reflections on ‘Decolonizing’ Big Data in Global Health Cover

Reflections on ‘Decolonizing’ Big Data in Global Health

By: Danya M. Qato  
Open Access
|Jul 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3709 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 16, 2022
Accepted on: May 3, 2022
Published on: Jul 21, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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