Nesting doctoral students in collaborative north south - partnerships for health systems research

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue SUPP.1, 2014, Pages

  Loukanova, Svetla ^a   Prytherch, Helen ^a   Blank, Antje ^b   Duysburgh, Els ^c   Tomson, Göran ^d   Gustafsson L , Lars ^e   Sié, Ali ^f   Williams, John ^g   Leshabari, Melkizedeck ^h   Haefeli E , Walter ^b   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a   Fonn, Sharon ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

^g NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Collaborative project; Doctoral students; Health systems research capacity; North south partnership

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84904382602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24070     Document Type: Article

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