Managing the demand for global health education

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Kerry, Vanessa B ^a,b   Ndung'u, Thumbi ^c   Walensky, Rochelle P ^a,b,d   Lee, Patrick T ^a,b   Kayanja, V Frederick I B ^e   Bangsberg, David R ^a,b,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REHABILITATION CARE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INCOME; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 82455219423     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001118     Document Type: Article

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