| Title |
Investing in African research training institutions creates sustainable capacity for Africa: the case of the University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health masters programme in epidemiology and biostatistics
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Health Research Policy and Systems, April 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1478-4505-10-11 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ronel Kellerman, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Renay Weiner, Steven Wayling, Sharon Fonn |
| Abstract |
Improving health in Africa is a high priority internationally. Inadequate research capacity to produce local, relevant research has been identified as a limitation to improved population health. Increasing attention is being paid to the higher education sector in Africa as a method of addressing this; evidence that such investment is having the desired impact is required. A 1998 3-year investment by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) in research training at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa was reviewed to assess its' impact. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 2% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 87 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 15% |
| Researcher | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 7% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 17% |
| Unknown | 23 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 11% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 8 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 7% |
| Engineering | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 18 | 20% |
| Unknown | 25 | 27% |
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