Research within international non-governmental organisation programmes in low and middle-income countries: challenges amid opportunities

Affiliations

¹ Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands salisuishaku@yahoo.com.
² Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, Center for Global Challenges, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
³ Population Council, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus MC, Zeist, The Netherlands.
⁵ Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁶ Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK.

Salisu Mohammed Ishaku et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;6(8):e006210.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006210.

¹ Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands salisuishaku@yahoo.com.
² Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, Center for Global Challenges, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
³ Population Council, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus MC, Zeist, The Netherlands.
⁵ Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁶ Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK.

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Keywords: health services research; review.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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