Building Research Capacity in Africa: Equity and Global Health Collaborations

Kathryn M. Chu; Sudha Jayaraman; Patrick Kyamanywa; Georges Ntakiyiruta

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001612

Building Research Capacity in Africa: Equity and Global Health Collaborations

Kathryn M. Chu, Sudha Jayaraman, Patrick Kyamanywa, Georges Ntakiyiruta

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Original language	English (US)
Article number	e1001612
Journal	PLoS medicine
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001612
State	Published - Mar 2014
Externally published	Yes

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