Strengthening evidence-based healthcare in Africa

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 204-206

  Forland, Frode ^a   Rohwer, Anke C ^b   Klatser, Paul ^a   Boer, Kimberly ^a   Mayanja Kizza, Harriet ^c  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BURUNDI; ETHIOPIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; MALAWI; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RWANDA; SELF MEDICATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; WORKSHOP; ZIMBABWE;

MEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS;

EID: 84891918067     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/eb-2012-101143     Document Type: Review

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