Creating a charter of collaboration for international university partnerships: The elmina declaration for human resources for health

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1125-1132

  Anderson, Frank ^a   Donkor, Peter ^b   De Vries, Raymond ^a,c   Appiah Denkyira, Ebenezer ^d   Dakpallah, George Fidelis ^d   Rominski, Sarah ^a   Hassinger, Jane ^a   Lou, Airong ^a   Kwansah, Janet ^d   Moyer, Cheryl ^e   Rana, Gurpreet K ^a   Lawson, Aaron ^f   Ayettey, Seth ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Ghana Ministry of Health   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GHANA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GHANA; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MICHIGAN; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84905463409     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000384     Document Type: Article

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