Building capacity for public and population health research in Africa: The consortium for advanced research training in Africa (CARTA) model

Global Health Action

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ezeh, Alex C ^a,b   Izugbara, Chimaraoke O ^a,b   Kabiru, Caroline W ^a,b   Fonn, Sharon ^b   Kahn, Kathleen ^c,d   Manderson, Lenore ^b,e   Undieh, Ashiwel S ^f   Omigbodun, Akinyinka ^g   Thorogood, Margaret ^b,h  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutional support; Networks and partnerships; Population studies; Post graduate training; Public health; Research capacity development; Sub Saharan Africa; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960132770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v3i0.5693     Document Type: Article

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