What was the mission of the scholarship Duvalier received?
To train Black doctors for WWII servicemen
To promote Haitian medicine
To research tropical diseases
To create healthcare reforms
Answer
The scholarship Duvalier received was created in 1942 by the Rockefeller Foundation to train Black doctors to treat Black servicemen in the US armed forces during World War II. The scholarship was named after the African American doctor John Andrew Layton, who was the first Black surgeon in the US Navy.
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