TY - BOOK AU - Becher,Heiko AU - Kouyaté,Bocar ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Health Research in Developing Countries: A collaboration between Burkina Faso and Germany SN - 9783540270799 AV - RA1-1270 U1 - 613 23 PY - 2005/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - Medicine KW - Public health KW - Infectious diseases KW - Epidemiology KW - Statistics KW - Medicine & Public Health KW - Public Health KW - Infectious Diseases KW - Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Clinical Research -- Epidemiological Studies -- Health systems research -- Biochemistry-based health care research N2 - Health research in developing countries has many facets. On one side, malaria and AIDS as main causes of morbidity and mortality are a focus for clinical and epidemiological studies. On the other side, the need for improving the health care system in general cannot be overestimated. The book offers a survey of current and important topics of health research in developing countries. Special emphasis is placed to show that cooperation of different health research areas if of highest importance in future. In addition the CRSN (Burkina Faso) - University of Heidelberg collaboration is given as a model that allows high class research in remote areas of any developing country. An absolutely must for all who are working in clinical, epidemiological and health systems research for and in developing countries UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b138585 ER -