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A foundation for public health in India

• India's public-health system, much improved since the country's independence, is now threatened by a shortage of quality personnel.
• By improving the quality of public-health education and making the career path more attractive, India can encourage more professionals to enter and stay in the field.
• Plans are under way to develop a foundation that will launch new schools of public health and work to improve the quality of education in the existing schools..