Using external training materials to strengthen health information management in East Africa

Information Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages

  Gladwin, J ^a   Dixon, R A ^a   Wilson, T D ^b  

^a University of Sheffield ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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