The Afya Bora Consortium: An Africa-US Partnership to Train Leaders in Global Health

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 399-409

  Farquhar, Carey ^a   Nathanson, Neal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Education; Global health; HIV AIDS; Leadership; Partnership; Research; Training

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SKILL RETENTION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; MENTORS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79957629678     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2011.02.005     Document Type: Review

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