Health services strengthening in Africa - research is a key component

Authors: Jaffar, Shabbar¹; Lazarus, Jeffrey V.²; Onyebujoh, Philip³; Chakaya, Jeremiah⁴; Garrib, Anupam⁵; Mwaba, Peter⁶; Mboup, Souleymane⁷; Bellis, Kevin⁸; Egwaga, Saidi⁹; Corrah, Tumani¹⁰; Coutinho, Alex¹¹

Source: Tropical Medicine & International Health, Volume 15, Number 11, November 2010 , pp. 1270-1273(4)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Keywords: health services research; implementation research; Africa; chronic care; HIV; cardiovascular disease

Document Type: Editorial

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02626.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK 2: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland 3: Special Programme for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland 4: Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya 5: NHS Wandsworth, London, UK 6: Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia 7: Laboratoire de Bacteriologie Virologie, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal 8: Communicable Diseases, HLSP, Pretoria, South Africa 9: National TB and Leprosy Programme, Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 10: Medical Research Council, Fajara, the Gambia 11: Infectious Disease Institute, Kampala, Uganda