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Published in: BMC Health Services Research 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Correspondence

Roundtable discussion on the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research: why prioritise talk over aid in the midst of the Ebola crisis?

Authors: Jeffrey V Lazarus, Dina Balabanova, Kelly Safreed-Harmon, Karen Daniels, Kopano Matlwa Mabaso, Martin McKee, Tolib Mirzoev, Adnan A Hyder, Sofia Gruskin

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

Health systems experts from around the world discuss why they were meeting at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research while people were dying of Ebola in West Africa.
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Kiwanuka-Henriksson D. Improving child survival through management capacity building for district health management teams and community empowerment in Uganda: Lessons learnt from the CODES project. Cape Town, South Africa: Presentation at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. 30 September - 3 October; 2014.
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Metadata
Title
Roundtable discussion on the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research: why prioritise talk over aid in the midst of the Ebola crisis?
Authors
Jeffrey V Lazarus
Dina Balabanova
Kelly Safreed-Harmon
Karen Daniels
Kopano Matlwa Mabaso
Martin McKee
Tolib Mirzoev
Adnan A Hyder
Sofia Gruskin
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Health Services Research / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0842-z

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