Indicators of sustainable capacity building for health research: Analysis of four African case studies

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bates, Imelda ^a   Taegtmeyer, Miriam ^a   Squire, S Bertel ^a   Ansong, Daniel ^b   Nhlema Simwaka, Bertha ^c   Baba, Amuda ^d   Theobald, Sally ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c Research for Equity and Community Health Trust   (Malawi)

^d Institut Panafricain de Santé Communautaire   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79953110904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-9-4     Document Type: Article

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