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Capacity Building

Gender responsive multidisciplinary doctoral training program: the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) experience

Anne M. KhisaResearch Capacity Strengthening, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, KenyaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Peter NgureDepartment of Applied and Technical Biology, Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi, KenyaView further author information
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Evelyn GitauResearch Capacity Strengthening, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, KenyaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5270-7492View further author information
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Justus MusasiahResearch Capacity Strengthening, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, KenyaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8586-186XView further author information
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Eunice KilonzoResearch Capacity Strengthening, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, KenyaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5788-8950View further author information
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Emmanuel OtukpaResearch Capacity Strengthening, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, KenyaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9370-3500View further author information
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Marta Vicente-CrespoResearch Capacity Strengthening, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, KenyaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8381-6747View further author information
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Catherine KyobutungiResearch Capacity Strengthening, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, KenyaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5344-5631View further author information
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Alex EzehDepartment of Community Health and Prevention, Drexel University, Philadelphia & School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1309-4697View further author information
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Sharon FonnSchool of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6115-8707View further author information
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Article: 1670002 | Received 07 Jun 2019, Accepted 11 Sep 2019, Published online: 01 Oct 2019

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