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. 2011 Nov;8(11):e1001118.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001118. Epub 2011 Nov 8.

Managing the demand for global health education

Vanessa B Kerry  1 , Thumbi Ndung'u, Rochelle P Walensky, Patrick T Lee, V Frederick I B Kayanja, David R Bangsberg
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Managing the demand for global health education

Vanessa B Kerry et al. PLoS Med. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

Vanessa Kerry and colleagues discuss how to manage the unprecedented growth in and demand for global health programs in the United States, Europe and other high-income countries.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. Global burden of disease versus workforce ,.
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Figure 2. Global HIV prevalence overlaid with 300 PubMed articles (keyword: HIV) published in 2007 on HIV.
The first (chronologically) 300 articles published in 2007 on HIV listed by PubMed (keyword: HIV) were mapped by the home institution of the first author (or corresponding author). Of the 300 mapped publications, 37% came from North America while 21% came from Western Europe. Sub-Saharan Africa, in contrast, represents just 8% of the publications.
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