Human resources for research: Building bridges through the Diaspora

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hofman, Karen ^a   Kramer, Beverley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diaspora; Human resources; Research

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PROCEDURES; SOUTH AFRICA; TEACHING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOUTH AFRICA; TEACHING;

EID: 84949669963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.29559     Document Type: Article

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