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Students are the key to addressing the gap between academia and action in global health
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Sanjay Saint et al: Motivational interviewing for healthcare providers
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John J Park and Rifat Atun: Will global health be Trumped?
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Lorraine Atkinson: Preventing prison suicides
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Tiago Villanueva: Primary care in Brazil’s largest favela
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Harry HX Wang and Sian M Griffiths: A primary care oriented approach to pursue population health in China
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Delan Devakumar et al: Politicians need to first do no harm
It’s been a monumental year. The UK’s decision to leave the European Union and the Chilcot report on the Iraq war prompt us to wonder why these self-inflicted problems ever […]