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research play in supporting responses to COVID-19 that strengthen socially just health systems? Lucy Gilson *, Bruno Marchal, Irene Ayepong, Edwine Barasa, Jean-Paul Dossou , Asha George, Ryan Guinaran, Daniel Maceira, Sassy Molyneux, NS Prashanth, Helen Schneider , Yusra Shawar, Jeremy R Shiffman, Kabir Sheikh, Neil Spicer, Sara Van Belle and Eleanor Whyle Section Editor Health Policy Processes, Health Policy and Systems Division, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Section Editor Health Systems Research, Health Policy and Planning and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium, Ghana Health Service, Ghana, Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre de Recherche en Reproduction Humaine et en Démographie (CERRHUD), Benin, Health Systems Global and University of the Western Cape, South Africa, Benguet State University, The Philippines, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya and Oxford University, UK, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru, India, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, Section Editor Health Policy Processes, Health Policy and Planning and Johns Hopkins University, USA, Section Editor Health Systems Research, Health Policy and Planning and Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, Geneva, Switzerland, Section Editor Health Systems Research, Health Policy and Planning and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium and University of Cape Town, South Africa