Janet Welch
Janet Welch Mackie (March 2, 1894 – November 24, 1959) was an English doctor who worked mainly in East Africa and the United States. Her work, research and published material helped in establishing modern healthcare and nursing practices in the developing world. From 1926 until 1938 she worked as a medical missionary with the Church of Scotland, working mostly in Blantyre in modern day Malawi. In 1942 she emigrated to the United States. In 1946 she became an assistant professor at the Bowman Gray Medical School in North Carolina and eventually went on to become a medical consultant to the United States Public Health Service and World Health Organisation.
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Church of Scotland
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Malawi
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United States Public Health Service
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World Health Organisation
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Janet Welch
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1894-03-02T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
March 2, 1894
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1959-11-24T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
November 24, 1959
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1946
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