Building capacity in health facility management: Guiding principles for skills transfer in Liberia

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rowe, Laura A ^a   Brillant, Sister B ^b   Cleveland, Emily ^c   Dahn, Bernice T ^d   Ramanadhan, Shoba ^a   Podesta, Mae ^c   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mother Patern College of Health Sciences   (Liberia)

^c Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative   (Liberia)

^d Ministry of Health and Social Welfare   (Liberia)

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EID: 79957922664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-8-5     Document Type: Article

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