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A Medical Student–Led Stigma Awareness Initiative in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region

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The team would like to thank Sarah Burshan for her dedication to our cause, despite all odds.

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  1. Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha, Qatar

    Manaal Siddiqui, Abdallah Tom, Pratyaksha Sinha & Alan Weber

  2. Al-Khalidi Hospital and Medical Center, Amman, Jordan

    Omar Sanduka

  3. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

    Giselle Appel & Jonathan Avery

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Siddiqui, M., Sanduka, O., Tom, A. et al. A Medical Student–Led Stigma Awareness Initiative in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region. Acad Psychiatry 48, 102–103 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-023-01855-w

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