Building capacity in implementation science research training at the University of Nairobi.
Background: Health care systems in sub-Saharan Africa, and globally, grapple with the problem of closing the gap between evidence-based health interventions and actual practice in health service settings. It is essential for health care systems, especially in low-resource settings, to increase capac...
| Publicado en: | Implementation Science Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
3/8/2016
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