Developing the agenda for European Union collaboration on non-communicable diseases research in Sub-Saharan Africa

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  McCarthy, Mark ^a   Maher, Dermot ^b   Ly, Adama ^c   Ndip, Agbor ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77952303909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-8-13     Document Type: Article

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