Implementation of a health policy advisory committee as a knowledge translation platform: The Nigeria experience

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 161-168

  Uneke, Chigozie Jesse ^a   Ndukwe, Chinwendu Daniel ^b   Ezeoha, Abel Abeh ^a   Uro Chukwu, Henry Chukwuemeka ^c   Ezeonu, Chinonyelum Thecla ^a  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE CONTROL OF AIDS   (Nigeria)

^c National Obstetric Fistula Centre Abakaliki   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Advisory committee; Health policy; Knowledge translation (KT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002301245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.21     Document Type: Article

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