Perception and valuations of community-based education and service by alumni at Makerere University College of Health Sciences.

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Published in BMC Int Health Hum Rights on March 09, 2011

Authors

Andrew Mwanika1, Isaac Okullo, Dan K Kaye, Wilson Muhwezi, Lynn Atuyambe, Rose C Nabirye, Sara Groves, Scovia Mbalinda, Gilbert Burnham, Larry W Chang, Hussein Oria, Nelson Sewankambo

Author Affiliations

1: College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. amwanika@chs.mak.ac.ug.

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