Schools of public health in low and middle-income countries: an imperative investment for improving the health of populations?

• Main Authors: Fauziah Rabbani (Author), Leah Shipton (Author), Franklin White (Author), Iman Nuwayhid (Author), Leslie London (Author), Abdul Ghaffar (Author), Bui Thi Thu Ha (Author), Göran Tomson (Author), Rajiv Rimal (Author), Anwar Islam (Author), Amirhossein Takian (Author), Samuel Wong (Author), Shehla Zaidi (Author), Kausar Khan (Author), Rozina Karmaliani (Author), Imran Naeem Abbasi (Author), Farhat Abbas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Public health has multicultural origins. By the close of the nineteenth century, Schools of Public Health (SPHs) began to emerge in western countries in response to major contemporary public health challenges. The Flexner Report (1910) emphasized the centrality of preventive medi...