Finding Resilience Through Crisis: The rise of family medicine in Indonesia (Part One)
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An inspiring conversation with Indonesian family physician Dr. Ichsan Ichsan on how Banda Aceh family physicians and their communities found resilience and growth after the 2004 tsunami, and how this sustained them through the COVID-19 pandemic.  In Part One, Dr. Ichsan shares his personal experience of the tsunami, and how health systems and governments responded to rebuild his community.
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