<p>Women&apos;s health research and development workforce in sub-Saharan Africa: Literature review</p>

START Center; Abigail Mulugeta; Bih Moki-Suh; Erica Granados; Barclay Stewart

doi:10.21955/gatesopenres.1117208.1

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Center S, Mulugeta A, Moki-Suh B et al. Women's health research and development workforce in sub-Saharan Africa: Literature review [version 1; not peer reviewed]. Gates Open Res 2025, 9:38 (document) (https://doi.org/10.21955/gatesopenres.1117208.1)

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Women's health research and development workforce in sub-Saharan Africa: Literature review

START Center¹, Abigail Mulugeta¹, Bih Moki-Suh¹, Erica Granados², Barclay Stewart¹

Published 19 May 2025 (https://doi.org/10.21955/gatesopenres.1117208.1)

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¹ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
² Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Copyright © 2025 Center S et al. This is an open access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Published 19 May 2025

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Women's health research and development workforce in sub-Saharan Africa: Literature review
[version 1; not peer reviewed]

START Center¹, Abigail Mulugeta¹, Bih Moki-Suh¹, Erica Granados², Barclay Stewart¹

Author Affiliations

¹ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
² Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

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Women's Health, Workforce and Capacity Building, Capacity Building, Workforce Gaps, Research and Development, R&D Networks, Early Career, Workforce Retention, Sub- Saharan Africa, Skills Development, Education, Professional Development, Training Programs, Menstrual Health, non- HIV STIs, Gynecological Health, Reproductive Health.

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Women's health research and development workforce in sub-Saharan Africa: Literature review
[version 1; not peer reviewed]