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Capacity Building

Strengthening routine health data analysis in Ethiopia: the Operational Research and Coaching for Analysts (ORCA) experience

Joanna Buszaa Centre for Evaluation, Department of Public Health, Environment & Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Seblewengel Lemmab Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5910-3723View further author information
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Annika Jansonb Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK;c Department of Women´s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5106-5670View further author information
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Serawit Omar Ademd Independent Consultant, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaView further author information
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Della Berhanub Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4984-893XView further author information
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Atkure Defare Health System and Reproductive Health Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9435-2135View further author information
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Lars-Åke Perssonb Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0710-7954View further author information
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Carina Källestålb Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3206-6528View further author information
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Article: 1901390 | Received 05 Jan 2021, Accepted 07 Mar 2021, Published online: 31 Mar 2021

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