Closing the Gaps: From Science to Action in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health in Africa
Open Access
- 29 June 2010
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 7 (6) , e1000298
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000298
Abstract
As part of a series on maternal, neonatal, and child health in sub-Saharan Africa, Sara Bennett and Freddie Ssengooba discuss the challenges of getting science into policy in Africa.Keywords
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