Nationalizing Operational Research Capacity Building: Necessity or Luxury?

Rony Zachariah¹, Mohammed Khogali¹, Ajay M V Kumar^{2

3

4}, Anthony D Harries^{2

5}, John C Reeder²

Affiliations

¹ UNICEF, UNDP, WORLD BANK, WHO, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease (TDR), World Health Organisation, Geneva, CH.
² International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, FR.
³ International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, South-East Asia Office, New Delhi, IN.
⁴ Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya, Mangaluru, IN.
⁵ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Editorial

Rony Zachariah et al. Ann Glob Health. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 20;86(1):136.

doi: 10.5334/aogh.3056.

Rony Zachariah¹, Mohammed Khogali¹, Ajay M V Kumar^{2

3

4}, Anthony D Harries^{2

5}, John C Reeder²

¹ UNICEF, UNDP, WORLD BANK, WHO, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease (TDR), World Health Organisation, Geneva, CH.
² International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, FR.
³ International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, South-East Asia Office, New Delhi, IN.
⁴ Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya, Mangaluru, IN.
⁵ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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