Increasing Effectiveness and Equity in Strengthening Health Research Capacity Using Data and Metrics: Recent Advances of the ESSENCE Mechanism
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3948 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 26, 2022
Accepted on: Mar 9, 2023
Published on: Jun 2, 2023
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© 2023 Peter H. Kilmarx, Thabi Maitin, Taghreed Adam, Garry Aslanyan, Michael Cheetham, Janelle Cruz, Martin Eigbike, Oumar Gaye, Catherine M. Jones, Linda Kupfer, John Lindo, Rhona Mijumbi, Jean B. Nachega, Jamie Bay Nishi, Irini Pantelidou, Malabika Sarker, Soumya Swaminathan, published by Ubiquity Press
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