Building a public health workforce in Nigeria through experiential training
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Cite this article: Akin Oyemakinde, Patrick Nguku, Rebecca Babirye, Sheba Gitta, Peter Nsubuga, Joseph Nyager, Abdulsalami Nasidi. Building a public health workforce in Nigeria through experiential training. Pan Afr Med J. 2014;18(Supp 1):1
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