The African Health Profession Regulatory Collaborative for Nurses and Midwives

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  McCarthy, Carey F ^a   Riley, Patricia L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative; Global health; Health profession; Health workforce; Human resources for health; Midwifery; Nursing; Regional approach; Regulation; Strengthening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865425547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-10-26     Document Type: Note

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