Larkins, Sarah Carlisle, Karen Harrington, Humpress MacLaren, David Lovo, Etivina Harrington, Relmah Fernandes Alves, Lucsendar Rafai, Eric Delai, Mere Whittaker, Maxine
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Frontiers in Public Health
Health systems in the Asia-Pacific region are poorly prepared for pandemic threats, particularly in rural/provincial areas. Yet future emerging infectious diseases are highly likely to emerge in these rural/provincial areas, due to high levels of contact between animals and humans (domestically and through agricultural activities), over-stretched a...
Gheorghe, Adrian Gad, Mohamed Ismail, Sharif A. Chalkidou, Kalipso
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Health Research Policy and Systems
BackgroundCapacity for health economics analysis and research is indispensable for evidence-informed allocations of scarce health resources; however, little is known about the experience and capacity strengthening preferences of academics and practitioners in the Eastern Mediterranean region. This study aimed to assess the needs for strengthening h...
Schleiff, Meike J. Kuan, Alice Ghaffar, Abdul
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Health Research Policy and Systems
BackgroundEvidence-based decision-making is crucial to leadership in the health sector to identify country-level priorities and generate solutions supported by rigorous research. Barriers and enablers have been explored, but limited evidence about what works to strengthening capacity at individual and institutional levels within countries has been ...
Heerdegen, Anne Christine Stender Gerold, Jana Amon, Samuel Agyemang, Samuel Agyei Aikins, Moses Wyss, Kaspar
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Frontiers in Public Health
Introduction: District health managers (DHMs) play a pivotal role in the operation of district health systems in low—and middle income countries, including Ghana. Their capacity is determined by their competencies, but also by the organization and system in which they are embedded. The objective of this paper is to explore how district health manag...
Begg, Sara Wright, Alexandra Small, Graham Mosha, Franklin Kirby, Matthew Snetselaar, Janneke Aziz, Salum Bharmal, Jameel Dacombe, Russell Bates, Imelda
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Gates Open Research
Background: With increasing insecticide resistance in malaria-endemic countries there is an urgent need for safe and effective novel vector control products. To improve the capacity of facilities that test insecticides in sub-Saharan Africa, a programme is supporting seven facilities towards Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) certification, the globall...
Gheorghe, A Ismail, S Gad, M Chalkidou, K
Background: Capacity for health economics analysis and research is indispensable for evidence-informed allocations of scarce health resources, however little is known about the experience and capacity strengthening preferences of academics and practitioners in the Eastern Mediterranean region. This study aimed to assess the needs for strengthening ...
Kothari, Monica Mackison, Dionne Hemminger, Carolyn Fimbi, Sandrine Lionetti, Denise Perry, Abigail Siling, Katja Hailu, Blene
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Evaluation review
The Nutrition Embedding Evaluation Programme (NEEP) was a global 4-year program (2013-2017) funded by the United Kingdom Department for International Development created to respond to gaps in the nutrition evidence base. The NEEP implementing agency-PATH-provided grants and evaluation technical assistance (ETA) to civil society organizations (CSOs)...
Tagoe, Nadia Molyneux, Sassy Pulford, Justin Murunga, Violet I Kinyanjui, Sam
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BMJ global health
Locally relevant research is considered critical for advancing health and development in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Accordingly, health research capacity strengthening (HRCS) efforts have intensified, increasingly through consortia. Yet, the knowledge base for managing such consortia is not well defined. This review aimed to ascertai...
Cancedda, Corrado Binagwaho, Agnes Kerry, Vanessa
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BMJ Global Health
Cole, Donald C Johnson, Nancy Mejia, Raul McCullough, Hazel Turcotte-Tremblay, Anne-Marie Barnoya, Joaquin Falabella Luco, María Soledad
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Global public health
Mentoring experiences and programmes are becoming increasingly recognised as important by those engaged in capacity strengthening in global health research. Using a primarily qualitative study design, we studied three experiences of mentorship and eight mentorship programmes for early career global health researchers based in high-income and low- a...
