Needs assessment to strengthen capacity in water and sanitation research in Africa: Experiences of the African SNOWS consortium

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hunter, Paul R ^a,b   Abdelrahman, Samira H ^c   Antwi Agyei, Prince ^d   Awuah, Esi ^d   Cairncross, Sandy ^e   Chappell, Eileen ^e   Dalsgaard, Anders ^f   Ensink, Jeroen H J ^e   Potgieter, Natasha ^g   Mokgobu, Ingrid ^b   Muchiri, Edward W ^h   Mulogo, Edgar ⁱ   van der Es, Mike ^a   Odai, Samuel N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^h EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

ⁱ MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Research; Sanitation; Training; Water

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BUDGET; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; LABORATORY DEVICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PEER REVIEW; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SKILL; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WRITING;

EID: 84988432684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-68_old     Document Type: Article

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