Building Research Capacity in Africa: Equity and Global Health Collaborations

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Chu, Kathryn M ^a   Jayaraman, Sudha ^b   Kyamanywa, Patrick ^c   Ntakiyiruta, Georges ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84898994004     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001612     Document Type: Article

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