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. 2011 Oct;8(10):e1001108.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001108. Epub 2011 Oct 18.

Educating a new generation of doctors to improve the health of populations in low- and middle-income countries

Francesca Celletti  1 , Teri A Reynolds, Anna Wright, Aaron Stoertz, Manuel Dayrit
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Educating a new generation of doctors to improve the health of populations in low- and middle-income countries

Francesca Celletti et al. PLoS Med. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

Francesca Celletti and colleagues from WHO argue that a transformation in the scale-up of medical education in low- and middle-income countries is needed, and detail what this might look like.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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