Grand Challenges in Global Health: Community Engagement in Research in Developing Countries

Paulina O Tindana; Jerome A Singh; C. Shawn Tracy; Ross E. G Upshur; Abdallah S Daar; Peter A Singer; Janet Frohlich; James V Lavery

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040273

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Grand Challenges in Global Health: Community Engagement in Research in Developing Countries

Paulina O Tindana ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed: paulina.tindana@utoronto.ca
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Jerome A Singh,
C. Shawn Tracy,
Ross E. G Upshur,
Abdallah S Daar,
Peter A Singer,
Janet Frohlich,
James V Lavery

Grand Challenges in Global Health: Community Engagement in Research in Developing Countries

Paulina O Tindana,
Jerome A Singh,
C. Shawn Tracy,
Ross E. G Upshur,
Abdallah S Daar,
Peter A Singer,
Janet Frohlich,
James V Lavery

Published: September 11, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040273

About the Authors

Paulina O Tindana: *To whom correspondence should be addressed: paulina.tindana@utoronto.ca
Jerome A Singh
C. Shawn Tracy
Ross E. G Upshur
Abdallah S Daar
Peter A Singer
Janet Frohlich
James V Lavery

Competing Interests

The authors work on the Ethical, Social and Cultural Program for the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative, which is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The working paper draft was circulated to the Grand Challenges in Global Health community, including program officers of the supporting foundations who had the opportunity to provide comments.

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