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Inside the Philippines' struggle for rural health care

· By Stanley Gajete
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When Dr. Katrina Magbojos joined the Philippines' Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) program, she was assigned not to a distant island or a conflict zone, as the term "barrios" might suggest, but to Jalajala, Rizal, about two hours southwest of the capital, Manila.

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