Knowledge networking for family planning: The potential for virtual communities of practice to move forward the global reproductive health agenda

Knowledge Management and E-Learning

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-121

  Brien, Megan O' ^a   Richey, Catherine ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Community of Practice; Knowledge Networking; Knowledge Sharing; Reproductive Health; Virtual Collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957593647     PISSN: 20737904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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