Grand challenges in global health: Engaging civil society organizations in biomedical research in developing countries

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1456-1459

  Bhan, Anant ^a,b   Singh, Jerome A ^b,c   Upshur, Ross E G ^d   Singer, Peter A ^b,e   Daar, Abdallah S ^a,b  

^a Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HEALTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONS; SOCIETIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34848836084     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040272     Document Type: Review

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