Time for healthcare bodies to show they are no longer apartheid-era relics and say ‘never again’ to genocide

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https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2024.v114i10.2561

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academic boycott, health justice, BDS

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2024-10-03

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Moolla MS, Shapiro L, El-Boraei S, Mahomed H. Time for healthcare bodies to show they are no longer apartheid-era relics and say ‘never again’ to genocide. S Afr Med J [Internet]. 2024 Oct. 3 [cited 2024 Nov. 6];114(10):e2561. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/samj/article/view/2561

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