Science-based health innovation in Rwanda: Unlocking the potential of a late bloomer

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Simiyu, Kenneth ^a   Daar, Abdallah S ^a   Hughes, Mike ^b   Singer, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Education   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENOCIDE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RWANDA; SCIENCE;

EID: 78650495096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-10-S1-S3     Document Type: Article

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