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- ↑ "Jimmy Whitworth | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | LSHTM". www.lshtm.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ↑ Scientific Advisory Group members www.who.int, accessed 5 October 2020
- ↑ Professor Jimmy Whitworth Professor of International Public Health www.londonntd.org, accessed 5 October 2020
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