Enabling Dynamic Partnerships through Joint Degrees between Low- and High-Income Countries for Capacity Development in Global Health Research: Experience from the Karolinska Institutet/Makerere University Partnership

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Sewankambo, Nelson ^a   Tumwine, James K ^a   Tomson, Göran ^b   Obua, Celestino ^a   Bwanga, Freddie ^a   Waiswa, Peter ^a,b   Katabira, Elly ^a   Akuffo, Hannah ^c   Persson, Kristina ^b   Peterson, Stefan ^a,b,d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Styrelsen for Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; COOPERATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HEALTH; INCOME; RESEARCH; SWEDEN; UGANDA; UNIVERSITY;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH; SWEDEN; UGANDA; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84924405918     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001784     Document Type: Article

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