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Towards Resilient Health Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the English Language Literature on Health Workforce, Surveillance, and Health Governance Issues for Health Systems Strengthening Cover

Towards Resilient Health Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the English Language Literature on Health Workforce, Surveillance, and Health Governance Issues for Health Systems Strengthening

Annals of Global Health
Volume 85 (2019): Issue 1
By: Martin Amogre Ayanore,  Norbert Amuna,  Mark Aviisah,  Adam Awolu,  Daniel Dramani Kipo-Sunyehzi,  Victor Mogre,  Richard Ofori-Asenso,  Jonathan Mawutor Gmanyami,  Nuworza Kugbey and  Margaret Gyapong  
Open Access
|Aug 2019

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