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During a shortage of doctors in Russia, laypeople known as feldshers received training in the field to provide basic medical care to military personnel.5,13a
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The formalization of these healers became the foundation of the training of “barefoot doctors” in China.6,13a
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13a. Wiggins N, Borbón A. Core roles and competencies of community health advisors. In: Rosenthal EL, Wiggins N, Brownstein JN, et al., eds. The Final Report of the National Community Health Advisor Study: Weaving the Future. Tuscon: Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona; 1998: 15–49.