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International Journal of Public Health
Published in: International Journal of Public Health 7/2015

01-11-2015 | Editorial

Productive global health research from Africa: it takes more

Author: Peter Waiswa

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 7/2015

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The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) in Basel hosts this years’ European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health under the title “Driving the best science to meet global health challenges”. With its long-standing African roots, Swiss TPH will certainly bring also many Africans to this conference. This offers an opportunity to reflect about Africans in the global health arena. …
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Sewankambo N, Tumwine JK, Tomson G, Obua C, Bwanga F, Waiswa P, Katabira E, Akuffo H, Persson K, Peterson S (2015) Enabling dynamic partnerships through joint degrees between low- and high-income countries for capacity development in global health research: experience from the Karolinska Institutet/Makerere University partnership. PLoS Med 12(2):e1001784. doi:10.​1371/​journal.​pmed.​1001784 (eCollection 2015 Feb) PubMedCentralCrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
Productive global health research from Africa: it takes more
Author
Peter Waiswa
Publication date
01-11-2015
Publisher
Springer Basel
Published in
International Journal of Public Health / Issue 7/2015
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0725-4

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