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Editorial
. 2021 Jun 4:9:702362.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.702362. eCollection 2021.

Editorial: Effective Strategies to Develop Rural Health Workforce in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

Belinda Gabrielle O'Sullivan  1 , Ian Couper  2 , Pratyush Kumar  3 , Matthew Richard McGrail  1
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Editorial: Effective Strategies to Develop Rural Health Workforce in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

Belinda Gabrielle O'Sullivan et al. Front Public Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: LMICs; education; grow your own; recruitment; retention; rural pathways; rural workforce; training.

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