To ensure the sustainability of research investments in countries such as Mozambique, we suggest research sponsors be sensitive and receptive to the financial and human resource constraints of sub-Saharan African universities and align their granting policies with the realities of local politics, bureaucracy and taxation rules.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/11/17/prepub This work was supported by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research CIHR, CIHR Institute of Geneticscs, the CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, and the APOGÉENet/CanGèneTest Research and Knowledge Network on Genetic Services and Policy (grant # ETG92250).
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