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African Primary Care Research: Current situation, priorities and capacity building

Robert Mash, Akye Essuman, Riaz Ratansi, Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Klaus Von Pressentin, Zelra Malan, Marianne Van Lancker, Jan De Maeseneer
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine | Vol 6, No 1 | a758 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.758 | © 2014 Robert Mash, Akye Essuman, Riaz Ratansi, Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Klaus Von Pressentin, Zelra Malan, Marianne Van Lancker, Jan De Maeseneer | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 07 August 2014 | Published: 05 December 2014

About the author(s)

Robert Mash, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Akye Essuman, Department of Community Medicine, University of Ghana, Ghana
Riaz Ratansi, Department of Family Medicine, Aga Khan University, Tanzania, United Republic of
Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Klaus Von Pressentin, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Zelra Malan, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Marianne Van Lancker, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium
Jan De Maeseneer, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium

Abstract

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Keywords

Primary care; Research; Africa; Research priorities; Research capacity building; Primary care research

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