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Correction to: Understanding the key processes of excellence as a prerequisite to establishing academic centres of excellence in Africa

BMC Medical Education volume 21, Article number: 97 (2021) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 07 January 2021

Correction to: BMC Med Educ 21, 36 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02471-0

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified an error in the author name of Conor R. Caffrey and also in his affiliation.

The incorrect author name is: Connor Caffery

The correct author name is: Conor R. Caffrey

The incorrect author affiliation is: Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.

The correct author affiliation is: Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

The original article has been corrected.

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  1. Fekadu, et al. Understanding the key processes of excellence as a prerequisite to establishing academic centres of excellence in Africa. BMC Med Educ. 2021;21:36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02471-0.

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  1. Center for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Abebaw Fekadu, Tsegahun Manyazewal, Corey Nislow, Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel, Asrat Hailu, Anteneh Belete, Charlotte Hanlon, Asha Collins, Mirutse Giday, Getnet Yimer, Girmay Medhin & Eyasu Makonnen

  2. Global Health & Infection Department, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK

    Abebaw Fekadu & Gail Davey

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Boston University, School of Medicine, Boston, USA

    Claire Oppenheim

  4. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Corey Nislow

  5. College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Dawit Wondimagegn

  6. King’s College London, Centre for Global Mental Health, Health Services & Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK

    Charlotte Hanlon

  7. Department of Pharmaceutics and Social Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Tsige Gebremariam

  8. Development, Aging & Regeneration Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, San Diego, California, USA

    Christopher J. Larson

  9. The Global One Health initiative, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Wondwossen Gebreyes

  10. Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

    Eleni Aklilu

  11. Department of Public Health, School of Public Health & Family Health, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

    Adamson S. Muula

  12. Department of Pharmacology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

    Sabina Mugus

  13. Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

    Conor R. Caffrey

  14. Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Mirutse Giday & Girmay Medhin

  15. Ohio State Global One Health Initiative, Office of International Affairs, the Ohio State University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Getnet Yimer

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Fekadu, A., Oppenheim, C., Manyazewal, T. et al. Correction to: Understanding the key processes of excellence as a prerequisite to establishing academic centres of excellence in Africa. BMC Med Educ 21, 97 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02523-z

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