Strengthening public health education in population and reproductive health through an innovative academic partnership in Africa: The Gates partners experience

Global Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-209

  Oni, Gbolahan ^a   Fatusi, Adesegun ^b   Tsui, Amy ^a   Enquselassie, Fikre ^c   Ojengbede, Oladosu ^b   Agbenyega, Tsiri ^d   Ojofeitimi, Ebenezer ^e   Taulo, Frank ^f   Quakyi, Isabella ^g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^e KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Human resources development; Institutional partnerships; Public health education; Reproductive health; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL CHANGE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79551627689     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2010.491485     Document Type: Article

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