TY - JOUR AU - Kasprowicz, Victoria O. AU - Chopera, Denis AU - Waddilove, Kim Darley AU - Brockman, Mark A. AU - Gilmour, Jill AU - Hunter, Eric AU - Kilembe, William AU - Karita, Etienne AU - Gaseitsiwe, Simani AU - Sanders, Eduard J. AU - Ndung’u, Thumbi PY - 2020 DA - 2020/07/14 TI - African-led health research and capacity building- is it working? JO - BMC Public Health SP - 1104 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Africa bears a disproportionately high burden of globally significant disease but has lagged in knowledge production to address its health challenges. In this contribution, we discuss the challenges and approaches to health research capacity strengthening in sub-Saharan Africa and propose that the recent shift to an African-led approach is the most optimal. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08875-3 DO - 10.1186/s12889-020-08875-3 ID - Kasprowicz2020 ER -