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Family Medicine in Ethiopia: Lessons from a Global Collaboration

Ann Evensen, Dawit Wondimagegn, Daniel Zemenfes Ashebir, Katherine Rouleau, Cynthia Haq, Abbas Ghavam-Rassoul, Praseedha Janakiram, Elizabeth Kvach, Heidi Busse, James Conniff and Brian Cornelson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2017, 30 (5) 670-677; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.05.170086
Ann Evensen
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (AE, CH, JC), Department of Surgery (HB), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Department of Psychiatry (DW), Department of Family Medicine (DZA), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; St-Michael's Hospital, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada (KR, AGR, PJ, BC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado–Denver, Denver, CO (EK); Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (BC).
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Dawit Wondimagegn
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (AE, CH, JC), Department of Surgery (HB), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Department of Psychiatry (DW), Department of Family Medicine (DZA), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; St-Michael's Hospital, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada (KR, AGR, PJ, BC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado–Denver, Denver, CO (EK); Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (BC).
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Daniel Zemenfes Ashebir
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (AE, CH, JC), Department of Surgery (HB), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Department of Psychiatry (DW), Department of Family Medicine (DZA), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; St-Michael's Hospital, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada (KR, AGR, PJ, BC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado–Denver, Denver, CO (EK); Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (BC).
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Katherine Rouleau
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (AE, CH, JC), Department of Surgery (HB), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Department of Psychiatry (DW), Department of Family Medicine (DZA), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; St-Michael's Hospital, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada (KR, AGR, PJ, BC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado–Denver, Denver, CO (EK); Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (BC).
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Cynthia Haq
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (AE, CH, JC), Department of Surgery (HB), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Department of Psychiatry (DW), Department of Family Medicine (DZA), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; St-Michael's Hospital, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada (KR, AGR, PJ, BC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado–Denver, Denver, CO (EK); Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (BC).
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Abbas Ghavam-Rassoul
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (AE, CH, JC), Department of Surgery (HB), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Department of Psychiatry (DW), Department of Family Medicine (DZA), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; St-Michael's Hospital, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada (KR, AGR, PJ, BC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado–Denver, Denver, CO (EK); Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (BC).
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Praseedha Janakiram
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (AE, CH, JC), Department of Surgery (HB), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Department of Psychiatry (DW), Department of Family Medicine (DZA), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; St-Michael's Hospital, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada (KR, AGR, PJ, BC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado–Denver, Denver, CO (EK); Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (BC).
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Elizabeth Kvach
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (AE, CH, JC), Department of Surgery (HB), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Department of Psychiatry (DW), Department of Family Medicine (DZA), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; St-Michael's Hospital, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada (KR, AGR, PJ, BC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado–Denver, Denver, CO (EK); Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (BC).
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Heidi Busse
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (AE, CH, JC), Department of Surgery (HB), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Department of Psychiatry (DW), Department of Family Medicine (DZA), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; St-Michael's Hospital, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada (KR, AGR, PJ, BC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado–Denver, Denver, CO (EK); Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (BC).
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James Conniff
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (AE, CH, JC), Department of Surgery (HB), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Department of Psychiatry (DW), Department of Family Medicine (DZA), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; St-Michael's Hospital, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada (KR, AGR, PJ, BC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado–Denver, Denver, CO (EK); Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (BC).
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Brian Cornelson
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (AE, CH, JC), Department of Surgery (HB), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Department of Psychiatry (DW), Department of Family Medicine (DZA), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; St-Michael's Hospital, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada (KR, AGR, PJ, BC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado–Denver, Denver, CO (EK); Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (BC).
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