Institutional capacity for health systems research in East and Central African Schools of Public Health: Strengthening human and financial resources

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Simba, Daudi ^a   Mukose, Aggrey ^b   Bazeyo, William ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Capacity strengthening; Health systems research; Low income countries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; SELF EVALUATION; AFRICA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, EASTERN; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACULTY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SCHOOLS, PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84902122288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-23     Document Type: Article

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