Scaling-up and rooting-down: A case study of North-South partnerships for health from Tanzania

Global Health Action

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Corbin, J Hope ^a   Mittelmark, Maurice B ^a   Lie, Gro Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Grassroots; North south partnership; Scaling up; Synergy; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TANZANIA; VOLUNTARY WORKER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; TANZANIA; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84866037446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.18369     Document Type: Article

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