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+# https://usethis.r-lib.org/reference/use_package_doc.html
+
+#' @keywords internal
+"_PACKAGE"
+
+## usethis namespace: start
+## usethis namespace: end
+NULL
diff --git a/man/packagetemplate-package.Rd b/man/packagetemplate-package.Rd
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+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/package.R
+\docType{package}
+\name{packagetemplate-package}
+\alias{packagetemplate}
+\alias{packagetemplate-package}
+\title{packagetemplate: Your Package Title in Titlecase}
+\description{
+Your package description. It must end with a period (".") and include relevant bibliographical references if applicable, using the following format: Author et al. (2023) \doi{10.5281/zenodo.6619350}.
+}
+\author{
+\strong{Maintainer}: Hugo Gruson \email{hugo@data.org} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4094-1476}{ORCID})
+
+Authors:
+\itemize{
+  \item James M. Azam \email{james.azam@lshtm.ac.uk} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5782-7330}{ORCID})
+  \item Pratik Gupte \email{pratik.gupte@lshtm.ac.uk} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5294-7819}{ORCID})
+  \item Joshua W. Lambert \email{joshua.lambert@lshtm.ac.uk} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5218-3046}{ORCID})
+  \item Karim Mané \email{karim.mane@lshtm.ac.uk} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9892-2999}{ORCID})
+}
+
+Other contributors:
+\itemize{
+  \item Jaime A. Pavlich-Mariscal \email{jpavlich@javeriana.edu.co} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3892-6680}{ORCID}) [contributor]
+}
+
+}
+\keyword{internal}