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Original Articles

Training community health workers: an evaluation of effectiveness, sustainable continuity, and cultural humility in an educational program in rural Haiti

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Pages 177-188 | Received 28 Nov 2015, Accepted 16 Jan 2017, Published online: 10 Feb 2017

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