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Capacity Building

Building sustainable operational research capacity in Pakistan: starting with tuberculosis and expanding to other public health problems

Razia FatimaResearch Department, National TB Control Program, Islamabad, PakistanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Aashifa YaqoobResearch Department, National TB Control Program, Islamabad, PakistanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5680-1507View further author information
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Ejaz QadeerDepartment of Hospital Management Information System, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, PakistanView further author information
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Sven Gudmund HinderakerCentre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayView further author information
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Einar HeldalDepartment of Tuberculosis, Blood Borne and Sexually Transmissible Infections, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, NorwayView further author information
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Rony ZachariahSpecial Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases TDR, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandView further author information
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Anthony D. HarriesInternational Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France;Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UKView further author information
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Ajay M. V. KumarInternational Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, South-East Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, IndiaView further author information
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Article: 1555215 | Received 24 Jul 2018, Accepted 20 Nov 2018, Published online: 09 Jan 2019

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