Building Sustainable Local Capacity for Global Health Research in West Africa

• Main Authors: Nadia A. Sam-Agudu (Author), Elijah Paintsil (Author), Muktar H. Aliyu (Author), Awewura Kwara (Author), Folasade Ogunsola (Author), Yaw A. Afrane (Author), Chima Onoka (Author), Gordon A. Awandare (Author), Gladys Amponsah (Author), Llewellyn J. Cornelius (Author), Gabou Mendy (Author), Rachel Sturke (Author), Anita Ghansah (Author), George K. Siberry (Author), Echezona E. Ezeanolue (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Background</p><p>Global health research in resource-limited countries has been largely sponsored and led by foreign institutions. Thus, these countries' training capacity and productivity in global health research is limited. Local participation at all levels of global heal...