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This was discussed during a meeting in Washington with USAID Deputy Director of Public Health James Meloni, USAID Special Advisor for Ukraine Reconstruction Alex Tersky, Ukraine Monitoring and Evaluation Officer Kai Printup and other USAID partners
USAID has expressed interest in introducing KPIs for family doctors in Ukraine Read More »
