Assessing the implementation and influence of policies that support research and innovation systems for health: The cases of Mozambique, Senegal, and Tanzania

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mugwagwa, Julius ^a   Edwards, Daniel ^b   de Haan, Sylvia ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Council on Health Research for Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health delivery; Mozambique; Policy implementation; Research and innovation system; Senegal; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOZAMBIQUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; EVALUATION STUDY; INTERVIEW; INVENTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INVENTIONS; MOZAMBIQUE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; SENEGAL; TANZANIA;

EID: 84928233959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-015-0010-2     Document Type: Article

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