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Establishment of an accreditation system for midwifery education in Afghanistan: Maintaining quality during national expansion

  • Jeffrey M. Smith

      Affiliations

    • JHPIEGO, Bangkok, Thailand
    • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: JHPIEGO, 1615 Thames Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA. Tel.: +166867790758.
    • ,
  • Sheena Currie

      Affiliations

    • JHPIEGO, 1615 Thames Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
    • ,
  • Pashtoon Azfar

      Affiliations

    • JHPIEGO, Kabul, Afghanistan
    • ,
  • Ahmed Javed Rahmanzai

      Affiliations

    • JHPIEGO, Kabul, Afghanistan

Received 19 February 2008 ,Revised 12 March 2008 ,Accepted 14 March 2008.

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PII: S0033-3506(08)00079-6

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.03.009

Public Health
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