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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS kps9R0xn. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background To date little has been published about epidemiology and public health capacity (training, research, funding, human resources) in WHO/AFRO to help guide future planning by various stakeholders. Methods A bibliometric analysis was performed to identify published epidemiological research. Information about epidemiology and public health training, current research and challenges was collected from key informants using a standardized questionnaire. Results From 1991 to 2010, epidemiology and public health research output in the WHO/AFRO region increased from 172 to 1086 peer-reviewed articles per annum [annual percentage change (APC)=10.1%, P for trend90%) reported that this increase is only rarely linked to regional post-graduate training programmes in epidemiology. South Africa leads in publications (1978/8835,22.4%), followed by Kenya (851/8835,9.6%), Nigeria (758/8835,8.6%), Tanzania (549/8835,6.2%) and Uganda (428/8835,4.8%) (P
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