The Medical Education Partnership Initiative: PEPFAR'S effort to boost health worker education to strengthen health systems

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1561-1572

  Mullan, Fitzhugh ^a   Frehywot, Seble ^a   Omaswa, Francis ^b   Sewankambo, Nelson ^c   Talib, Zohray ^a   Chen, Candice ^a   Kiarie, James ^d   Kiguli Malwadde, Elsie ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST)   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPLOYER; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866279066     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0219     Document Type: Article

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