Global collaboration bears fruit: Tanzania report

Kidney International

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1211-1214

  Fredrick, Francis F ^a   Ruggajo, Paschal J ^a   Basu, Gopal ^a   Svarstad, Einar ^b   Langeland, Nina ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Local nephrology training; Nephrology in Tanzania; North South collaboration; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEPHROLOGIST; NEPHROLOGY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPORT GROUP; TANZANIA;

EID: 84949908355     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2015.248     Document Type: Article

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