Health research in Africa: Getting priorities right

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1048-1052

  Olesen, Ole F ^a   Iqbal Parker, M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Health research funding; Health transition; Non communicable diseases; Risk factors; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; FUNDING; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIFESTYLE; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865556378     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03027.x     Document Type: Editorial

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