Establishing and sustaining research partnerships in Africa: a case study of the UK-Africa Academic Partnership on Chronic Disease

Globalization and Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  de Graft Aikins, Ama ^a   Arhinful, Daniel K ^c   Pitchforth, Emma ^b,d   Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^e   Allotey, Pascale ^f   Agyemang, Charles ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; HEALTH POLICY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INNOVATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FUNDING; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; CAPACITY BUILDING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84864944060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-8-29     Document Type: Article

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