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PART 1: Introduction to Clinical Medicine

2 Global Issues in Medicine
Jim Yong Kim / Paul Farmer / Joseph Rhatigan

Figure 2-1  Burden of disease, by broad cause and region, 2004. [Source: World Health Organization. Reprinted with permission (http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD_report_2004update_full.pdf; accessed January 10, 2010).]
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Figure 2-2  An HIV/TB co-infected patient in Rwanda, before (left) and after (right) 6 months of treatment.
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