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Building global partnerships through shared curricula for an MPH programme in India and Sri Lanka

Nalini SathiakumarDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Meghan TipreDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USAView further author information
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Rajitha WickremasingheDepartment of Public Health, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri LankaView further author information
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Vinod BhatDepartment of Community Medicine, Manipal Academy of Higher Education University, Manipal, IndiaView further author information
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Muhammad Masood KadirDepartment of Community Health Science, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PakistanView further author information
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David CoggonFaculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UKView further author information
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Arunasalem PathemeswaranDepartment of Public Health, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri LankaView further author information
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Ramachandra KamathKodagu Institute of Medical Sciences, Madikeri, IndiaView further author information
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G. ArunkumarDepartment of Community Medicine, Manipal Academy of Higher Education University, Manipal, IndiaView further author information
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Zafar FatmiDepartment of Community Health Science, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PakistanView further author information
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Tamika L. SmithDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3737-2441View further author information
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Sanjay M. PattanshettyDepartment of Community Medicine, Manipal Academy of Higher Education University, Manipal, IndiaView further author information
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Elizabeth DelzellDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USAView further author information
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Pages 1360-1371 | Received 28 Aug 2018, Accepted 10 Jan 2019, Published online: 17 Feb 2019

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