New medical schools in Africa: challenges and opportunities. CONSAMS and value of working in consortia

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¹ Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN. Electronic address: qeichbaum@gmail.com.
² University of Namibia School of Medicine, Windhoek, Namibia.
³ Copperbelt University Medical School, Ndola, Zambia.
⁴ Faculty of Health Sciences, Lurio University, Nampula, Mozambique.
⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Biomedicine, University of Oulu, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu; Nordlab Oulu, and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
⁶ School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.

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Quentin Eichbaum et al. Ann Glob Health. 2015 Mar-Apr.

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. 2015 Mar-Apr;81(2):265-9.

doi: 10.1016/j.aogh.2015.03.005.

¹ Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN. Electronic address: qeichbaum@gmail.com.
² University of Namibia School of Medicine, Windhoek, Namibia.
³ Copperbelt University Medical School, Ndola, Zambia.
⁴ Faculty of Health Sciences, Lurio University, Nampula, Mozambique.
⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Biomedicine, University of Oulu, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu; Nordlab Oulu, and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
⁶ School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.

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Keywords: CONSAMS; accreditation; admissions; consortia; interdependence; new African medical schools; research.

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