A developing country's university oriented toward strengthening health systems: challenges and results.
Objectives. The Aga Khan University in Karachi has a mission to educate leaders and to contribute to the development of health systems for Pakistan amid challenges of scarcity and complexity. Methods. Its key activities are (1) to design and test urban and rural health system prototypes, (2) to dev...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 83; pp. 1537 - 1544 |
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American Public Health Association
November 1993
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