Translating research into policy: Lessons learned from eclampsia treatment and malaria control in three southern African countries

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Woelk, Godfrey ^a,b   Daniels, Karen ^c   Cliff, Julie ^d   Lewin, Simon ^c,e   Sevene, Esperança ^d   Fernandes, Benedita ^f   Mariano, Alda ^d   Matinhure, Sheillah ^a   Oxman, Andrew D ^e   Lavis, John N ^g   Lundborg, Cecilia S ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^e NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

AEROSOL; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; ECLAMPSIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSTETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 75449083236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-7-31     Document Type: Article

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