Building local human resources to implement SLMTA with limited donor funding: The Ghana experience

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Nkrumah, Bernard ^a   van der Puije, Beatrice ^b   Bekoe, Veronica ^c   Adukpo, Rowland ^c   Kotey, Nii A ^b   Yao, Katy ^a   Fonjungo, Peter N ^a   Luman, Elizabeth T ^a   Duh, Samuel ^b   Njukeng, Patrick A ^d   Addo, Nii A ^c   Khan, Fazle N ^a   Woodfill, Celia J I ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Global Health Systems Solutions   (Ghana)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^d Global Health Systems Solution   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUNDING; GHANA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM IMPACT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STRENGTHENING LABORATORY MANAGEMENT TOWARD ACCREDITATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85019566546     PISSN: 22252002     EISSN: 22252010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ajlm.v3i2.214     Document Type: Article

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