Impact of health research capacity strengthening in low- and middle-income countries: The case of WHO/TDR Programmes

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Minja, Happiness ^a,b,c   Nsanzabana, Christian ^b   Maure, Christine ^d   Hoffmann, Axel ^b,c   Rumisha, Susan ^b,c   Ogundahunsi, Olumide ^d   Zicker, Fabio ^d   Tanner, Marcel ^b,c   Launois, Pascal ^d  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADULT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARASITOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80055096206     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001351     Document Type: Article

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