Medical Students Training In Community Settings: An Essential Requirement To Meet Growing Health Needs Of Pakistani Population
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https://doi.org/10.51985/JBUMDC2018089Abstract
The successful provision of adequate primary health care
delivery for the underprivileged population in the Asian
subcontinent has remained a pressing issue over quite some
time. Major reforms in health professions education have
taken place across the globe including Asia. Unfortunately,
the health education system implemented in Southern Asia
(including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh etc.) has not been
able to decrease morbidity and decrease the figures of adult
and infant mortality rates in this region1.
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