Calling on Europe to support operational research in low-income and middle-income countries

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Quaglio, GianLuca ^a   Ramsay, Andy ^b,c   Harries, Anthony D ^d,e   Karapiperis, Theodoros ^a   Putoto, Giovanni ^f   Dye, Chris ^b   Olesen, Ole F ^g   Tomson, Göran ^h   Zachariah, Rony ^i,j  

^a Science and Technology Option Assessment (STOA) Directorate General for Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS) European Parliament   (Belgium)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f Doctors with Africa CUAMM   (Italy)

^g European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership   (Netherlands)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^j MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; QUININE;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPEAN UNION; FUNDING; HIGH INCOME GROUP; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; MANAGEMENT; NOTE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCOME; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 84901238444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70218-9     Document Type: Note

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