Two years after the fourth external review: TDR moves forward with a new vision and strategy

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Ridley, Robert G ^a   Ndumbe, Peter ^b   Korte, Rolf ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POVERTY; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 65649100486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000307     Document Type: Review

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