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Fostering Sustainable Biomedical Research Training in Mozambique: A Spin-Off of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative

Annals of Global Health
Volume 88 (2022): Issue 1
By: Emília Virgínia Noormahomed,  Sérgio Noormahomed,  Delfina Hlashwayo,  Emília Martins,  Mamudo Ismail,  Stephen W. Bickler,  Jean Nachega,  Manuel Mahoche,  Kim E. Barrett,  Constance A. Benson and  Robert T. Schooley  
Open Access
|Aug 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3684 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 29, 2021
Accepted on: Jun 25, 2022
Published on: Aug 2, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
research capacity building,
faculty development,
early career research development,
mentorship,
MEPI,
Mozambique

© 2022 Emília Virgínia Noormahomed, Sérgio Noormahomed, Delfina Hlashwayo, Emília Martins, Mamudo Ismail, Stephen W. Bickler, Jean Nachega, Manuel Mahoche, Kim E. Barrett, Constance A. Benson, Robert T. Schooley, published by Ubiquity Press
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