Field Epidemiology Training Programmes in Africa - Where are the Graduates?
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Field Epidemiology Training Programmes in Africa - Where are the Graduates?
BACKGROUND The current shortage of human resources for health threatens the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. There is currently limited published evidence of health-related training programmes in Africa that have produced graduates, who remain and work in their countries after graduation. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that the majority of graduates of field epidemiology tr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Resources for Health
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1478-4491
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-8-18