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In this video, Dr. Assefa Seme Deresse introduces us to the specialized staff who are critical to the success of global health programs. (Step 4.1)

Assefa Seme Deresse, MD, MPH School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

In this section, Dr. Deresse introduces us to the huge variety of specialized staff across categories, who are critical to the success of global health programs.

Considering a world-wide immunization program, can you think of 5 categories of human resources required? For example, staff to carry out logistics management, as we discussed last week, would be one category.

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