The West African Health Organization's experience in improving the health research environment in the ECOWAS region

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Aidam, Jude ^a   Sombié, Issiaka ^a  

^a West African Health Organisation ^*  (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Research development experience; Research environment; WAHO; West Africa

Indexed keywords

FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOBILIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF; TURNOVER TIME; AFRICA; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84963807302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-016-0102-7     Document Type: Article

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