Institutional capacity for health systems research in East and Central African schools of public health: Experiences with a capacity assessment tool

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jessani, Nasreen ^a   Lewy, Daniela ^a   Ekirapa Kiracho, Elizabeth ^b   Bennett, Sara ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Capacity assessment; Central Africa; East Africa; Health systems research; Schools of public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; ETHIOPIA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RWANDA; SELF EVALUATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRENGTH; TANZANIA; UGANDA; UNIVERSITY; WEAKNESS; AFRICA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CONSENSUS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RESEARCH; SCHOOL; STATISTICS;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, EASTERN; CAPACITY BUILDING; CONSENSUS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH; SCHOOLS, PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84903185182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-21     Document Type: Article

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