Scaling Up Health Innovations in Africa : Prospects and Challenges
Health practitioners have successfully developed evidence-based health innovations to solve public health problems. However, challenges remain in translating and scaling up these innovations to save and improve lives in Africa. Scaling Up Health Innovations in Africa focuses on the lessons learned f...
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2025
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