Attempt to assess Canada’s expertise in global health research falls short

Abstract The recent article by Nagi et al. (Health Res Policy Syst 18:37, 2020) considerably underestimates the size of the global health research community in Canada as well as its geographical distribution, its breadth and depth of experience and expertise, and its overall contribution to addressi...

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Main Author: Theresa W. Gyorkos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Health Research Policy and Systems
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12961-020-00634-5
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spelling doaj-0ef260665e8d4ce8ac249a7460566cb72020-11-25T04:04:37ZengBMCHealth Research Policy and Systems1478-45052020-11-011811210.1186/s12961-020-00634-5Attempt to assess Canada’s expertise in global health research falls shortTheresa W. Gyorkos0WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Parasite Epidemiology and Control, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill UniversityAbstract The recent article by Nagi et al. (Health Res Policy Syst 18:37, 2020) considerably underestimates the size of the global health research community in Canada as well as its geographical distribution, its breadth and depth of experience and expertise, and its overall contribution to addressing the world’s greatest global health priorities. Global health researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, strategists and funders/donors would benefit from a more accurate in-depth and comprehensive analysis.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12961-020-00634-5global healthexpertiseCanadianassessmentresearchhealth policy
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author Theresa W. Gyorkos
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Attempt to assess Canada’s expertise in global health research falls short
Health Research Policy and Systems
global health
expertise
Canadian
assessment
research
health policy
author_facet Theresa W. Gyorkos
author_sort Theresa W. Gyorkos
title Attempt to assess Canada’s expertise in global health research falls short
title_short Attempt to assess Canada’s expertise in global health research falls short
title_full Attempt to assess Canada’s expertise in global health research falls short
title_fullStr Attempt to assess Canada’s expertise in global health research falls short
title_full_unstemmed Attempt to assess Canada’s expertise in global health research falls short
title_sort attempt to assess canada’s expertise in global health research falls short
publisher BMC
series Health Research Policy and Systems
issn 1478-4505
publishDate 2020-11-01
description Abstract The recent article by Nagi et al. (Health Res Policy Syst 18:37, 2020) considerably underestimates the size of the global health research community in Canada as well as its geographical distribution, its breadth and depth of experience and expertise, and its overall contribution to addressing the world’s greatest global health priorities. Global health researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, strategists and funders/donors would benefit from a more accurate in-depth and comprehensive analysis.
topic global health
expertise
Canadian
assessment
research
health policy
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12961-020-00634-5
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