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Editorial
. 2022 Sep;7(Suppl 7):e010572.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010572.

Learning is a means to progress and empowerment for health systems

Kabir Sheikh  1 , David Peters  2 , Irene Akua Agyepong  3 , Seye Abimbola  4 , Abdul Ghaffar  5 , Soumya Swaminathan  6
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Editorial

Learning is a means to progress and empowerment for health systems

Kabir Sheikh et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: Health policy; Health systems.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Learning occurs at all levels of a health system (adapted from Jenkin2 16).
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Means of learning in health systems.
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Figure 3
Diverse benefits of learning health systems.
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