Field Epidemiology Training Programmes in Africa - Where are the Graduates?

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mukanga, David ^a   Namusisi, Olivia ^a   Gitta, Sheba N ^a   Pariyo, George ^b   Tshimanga, Mufuta ^c   Weaver, Angela ^d   Trostle, Murray ^d  

^a African Field Epidemiology Network ^*  (Uganda)

^b Global Health Workforce Alliance   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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EID: 77955297442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-8-18     Document Type: Article

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