The African Journal Partnership Program's guidance on the use of AI in scholarly publishing

Affiliations

¹ Chief Specialist Scientist, South African Medical Research Council and Deputy Editor, Journal of Health and Pollution.
² Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, University of Ghana Medical School and Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Ghana Medical Journal.
³ Senior Researcher, General Directorate of Meteorology, Morocco and Deputy Editor, Journal of Health and Pollution.
⁴ Senior Researcher, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health (ENSP/FIOCRUZ, Brazil) and Deputy Editor, Journal of Health and Pollution.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Jimma University and Editor-in-Chief of Ethiopian Journal of Health Science.
⁶ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi and Editor in Chief, Annals of African Surgery.
⁷ Executive Managing Editor and Vice President, Editorial Operations, JAMA and the JAMA Network; Co-Director, African Journal Partnership Program.
⁸ Editor in Chief, Sierra Leone Journal of Biomedical Research.
⁹ Editor in Chief, Ghana Medical; Co-Director, African Journal Partnership Program.
¹⁰ Deputy editor in chief, Annales Africaines de Médecine, University of Kinshasa, PO BOX 834 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
¹¹ Editor in Chief, Mali Medical.
¹² Faculty of Medicine and Dental Surgery Bamako - USTTB, Editor manager Mali Medical.
¹³ Editor in Chief, Malawi Medical Journal, Blantyre, Malawi & Department of Community and Environmental Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Malawi.

Editorial

Caradee Y Wright et al. Ghana Med J. 2024 Mar.

. 2024 Mar;58(1):1-4.

doi: 10.4314/gmj.v58i1.1.

¹ Chief Specialist Scientist, South African Medical Research Council and Deputy Editor, Journal of Health and Pollution.
² Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, University of Ghana Medical School and Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Ghana Medical Journal.
³ Senior Researcher, General Directorate of Meteorology, Morocco and Deputy Editor, Journal of Health and Pollution.
⁴ Senior Researcher, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health (ENSP/FIOCRUZ, Brazil) and Deputy Editor, Journal of Health and Pollution.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Jimma University and Editor-in-Chief of Ethiopian Journal of Health Science.
⁶ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi and Editor in Chief, Annals of African Surgery.
⁷ Executive Managing Editor and Vice President, Editorial Operations, JAMA and the JAMA Network; Co-Director, African Journal Partnership Program.
⁸ Editor in Chief, Sierra Leone Journal of Biomedical Research.
⁹ Editor in Chief, Ghana Medical; Co-Director, African Journal Partnership Program.
¹⁰ Deputy editor in chief, Annales Africaines de Médecine, University of Kinshasa, PO BOX 834 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
¹¹ Editor in Chief, Mali Medical.
¹² Faculty of Medicine and Dental Surgery Bamako - USTTB, Editor manager Mali Medical.
¹³ Editor in Chief, Malawi Medical Journal, Blantyre, Malawi & Department of Community and Environmental Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Malawi.

No abstract available

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