Erzse, Agnes
Bovet, Pascal
Paccaud, Fred
Chestnov, Oleg
Banatvala, Nicholas
Funding for this research was provided by:
World Health Organisation (-)
Article History
Received: 19 May 2016
Revised: 8 September 2016
Accepted: 18 October 2016
First Online: 9 December 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
: The study, which retrospectively evaluates the impact of a training program on the participants, was approved by the organizing institutions, i.e., the World Health Organization, Geneva, and the University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne. Participants to this study were contacted by email and were free to participate. By completing the questionnaire sent by email, which also explained the purpose of the survey, participants agreed to participate in the study.
: All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in this study.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study did not benefit from a particular funding. The first author, Agnes Erzse, worked on data collection and analysis during a three-month attachment at the World Health Organization in Geneva, as part of her normal duties.