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    University of Maryland, Baltimore
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    2013
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    Malawi Project 2010-2013
    From Multidisciplinary to Transdisciplinary Collaboration in Global Health: A Case Study of the University of Maryland Global Health Interprofessional Council’s Malawi Project (2013)
    Safe Motherhood Needs Assessment (2012)
    Global Health Inter-Professional Council Summer Interdisciplinary Student Project-Malawi 2011
    A Needs Assessment of Orphans & Vulnerable Children (OVCs) in Salima District, Malawi (2010)
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    The Global Health Interprofessional Council (GHIC) at the University of Maryland Baltimore sponsored students from the seven professional schools on the campus to do studies or provide health related services in Malawi. Included are literature or slide presentations for projects spanning several years since 2010.
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    multidisciplinary
    community needs
    Malawi
    Interprofessional education
    University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Interdisciplinary approach in education
    Community life
    Needs assessment
    Orphans
    Maternal Health
    Malaria
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