Maximizing the Impact of Training Initiatives for Health Professionals in Low-Income Countries: Frameworks, Challenges, and Best Practices

Corrado Cancedda; Paul E. Farmer; Vanessa Kerry; Tej Nuthulaganti; Kirstin W. Scott; Eric Goosby; Agnes Binagwaho

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001840

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Maximizing the Impact of Training Initiatives for Health Professionals in Low-Income Countries: Frameworks, Challenges, and Best Practices

Corrado Cancedda ,

* E-mail: ccancedd@gmail.com

Affiliations Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Paul E. Farmer,

Affiliations Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Vanessa Kerry,

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Seed Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Tej Nuthulaganti,

Affiliations Clinton Health Access Initiative, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kirstin W. Scott,

Affiliation Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Eric Goosby,

Affiliation University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Agnes Binagwaho

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Ministry of Health of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda, Geisel School of Medicine—Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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Maximizing the Impact of Training Initiatives for Health Professionals in Low-Income Countries: Frameworks, Challenges, and Best Practices

Corrado Cancedda,
Paul E. Farmer,
Vanessa Kerry,
Tej Nuthulaganti,
Kirstin W. Scott,
Eric Goosby,
Agnes Binagwaho

Published: June 16, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001840

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