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Tuesday, Jan 26 2010

Los Angeles Times Examines How Miss. Delta Region Hopes To Learn From Iran's Rural Health Care

The Los Angeles Times reports on how health workers in the Mississippi Delta region of the U.S. are hoping to mimic Iran's success in reducing infant mortality by recreating the country's low-cost rural healthcare delivery system in their own backyard. "Mississippi ranks at or near the bottom of most healthcare indexes.
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