Sustainability of NGO capacity building in southern Africa: Successes and opportunities

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages e85-e101

  Humphries, Debbie ^a   Gomez, Ligia ^a   Hartwig, Kari ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Capacity building; CBO; HIV AIDS; NGO; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CAPACITY BUILDING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; ORGANIZATIONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79959187017     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.1029     Document Type: Article

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