From knowledge to policy: Lessons from Africa

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 240, 2014, Pages

  Orem, Jackson ^a,b,c   Nabyonga, Juliet ^d  

^a UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^d WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ECONOMICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POLICY;

AFRICA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84903165653     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008852     Document Type: Editorial

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