Building capacity without disrupting health services: Public health education for Africa through distance learning

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Alexander, Lucy ^a   Igumbor, Ehi ^a   Sanders, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

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EID: 65649110875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-7-28     Document Type: Review

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