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Identifying research gaps and priorities for African family medicine and primary health care

Klaus B. von Pressentin, Robert Mash, Sunanda C. Ray, Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki, Innocent K. Besigye
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine | Vol 16, No 1 | a4534 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v16i1.4534 | © 2024 Klaus B. von Pressentin, Robert Mash, Sunanda C. Ray, Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki, Innocent K. Besigye | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 16 March 2024 | Published: 06 May 2024

About the author(s)

Klaus B. von Pressentin, Department of Family, Community and Emergency Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Robert Mash, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
Sunanda C. Ray, Department of Medical Education, University of Botswana, Gabarone, Botswana
Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Protestant University of Congo, Kinshasa, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Innocent K. Besigye, Department of Family Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Abstract

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Keywords

family medicine; primary health care; research; Africa; family practice; developing countries; physicians; family; mentoring; global health; health services

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