Status of national health research systems in ten countries of the WHO African Region

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kirigia, Joses M ^a   Wambebe, Charles ^b,c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b BINGHAM UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c International Biomedical Research in Africa   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; IN SERVICE TRAINING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY;

AFRICA; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNIVERSITIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33750380253     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-135     Document Type: Article

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