Strengthening post-graduate educational capacity for health policy and systems research and analysis: The strategy of the Consortium for Health Policy and Systems Analysis in Africa

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Erasmus, Ermin ^a   Lehmann, Uta ^b   Agyepong, Irene Akua ^c   Alwar, John ^d   De Savigny, Don ^e   Kamuzora, Peter ^f   Mirzoev, Tolib ^g   Nxumalo, Nonhlanhla ^h   Tomson, G�ran ⁱ   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^j   Gilson, Lucy ^a,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d GREAT LAKES UNIVERSITY OF KISUMU   (Kenya)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

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

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Author keywords

Capacity development; CHEPSAA; Course review; Health policy and systems research and analysis; Lowand middle income countries; Post graduate; Teaching

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INVESTMENT; LEARNING; LIQUID; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEACHING; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EUROPE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 85007485830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-016-0097-0     Document Type: Article

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