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Dr Martha Martin Dar, a southern Sudanese doctor trained in Cuba, attends to patients at Juba Teaching Hospital in Juba in this June 14, 2008 file photo. The health crisis in developing countries is, some experts say, being exacerbated by the West as countries relax stringent immigration regulations to attract doctors and nurses from less developed countries to boost their own flagging health systems while saving money on expensive training. To match feature HEALTH-BRAINDRAIN/ REUTERS/Skye Wheeler/Files (SUDAN)
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Hundreds of doctors attend the First International Meeting of Graduates from Cuba's Latin American Medical School in Havana November 4, 2008. Cuba said some 23,000 foreign students, mostly coming from developing ...




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