Eliciting initial programme theories for a health research capacity strengthening initiative targeting African universities: A realist synthesis

• Meshack Nzesei Mutua ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * Meshack.Mutua@lstmed.ac.uk

  Affiliation Centre for Capacity Research, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1582-1250

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• Andrew Harding,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Health Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

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• Ferdinand C. Mukumbang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Justin Pulford

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Capacity Research, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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