Session title | Research capacity strengthening in the era of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). | ||
Coordinator | Edward Mberu Kamau, RCS (e-mail kamaued@who.int) | ||
Hosts | Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) | ||
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Session proposal | While all countries stand to benefit from research, there is considerable variation among countries in their capacity to undertake research. National capacity for research is particularly important for the sorts of research which provide context-specific solutions in addressing local problems. Closing the health research capacity gap in sub-Saharan Africa requires considerable and sustainable efforts to strengthen capacity at individual and institutional levels, in contribution to building robust national systems of health research.
While the region faces a wide range of changing health problems, the continuing burden of infectious diseases necessitates ongoing and expanded efforts for the control of endemic and epidemic infectious diseases. The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) plays a catalytic and galvanizing role for effective and sustainable global health research, aimed at improving access to interventions that reduce the burden of infectious diseases in the most vulnerable populations. TDR supports research and training activities that strengthen the capacity of individuals and institutions to generate and utilize research evidence to reduce the burden of infectious diseases of poverty in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
The panel brings together researchers from different regions and countries in sub-Saharan Africa who TDR has supported, to share their diverse experiences of capacity strengthening and career development in research on infectious diseases of poverty. This will provide encouragement, through awareness of opportunities and through networking, for more researchers to pursue careers in research on infectious diseases of poverty. Strengthening capacity for this research will help narrow the gaps and contribute towards achievement of UHC and the SDGs. |
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Session Format (select one) |
Panel Discussion 3 | Workshop | Plenary |
Chairs | Chair: Freddy Eric Kitutu, Acting Dean, School of Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. E-mail kitutufred@gmail.com
Co-Chair: Brenda Okech, UVRI-IAVI HIV Vaccines Program, Entebbe, Uganda. E-mail bokech@gmail.com |
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Speakers | Title | Status | |
Speaker 1 (Policy)Paul Kazyoba paulkazyoba@yahoo.co.uk |
Strengthening national capacity for implementation research: the role of the Access and Delivery Partnership. | Director of Research Coordination and Promotion, NIMR Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
Confirmed |
Speaker 2 (Academia)Adam Silumbwe adamsilumbwe@gmail.com |
Research career development: externally supported postgraduate training in sub-Saharan Africa | Department of Health Policy and Management,School of Public Health, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia |
Confirmed |
Speaker 3 (Civil Society)(Networking)Teresa Eduarda Machai teresa.machai@manhica.net |
Organizational challenges for the development and dissemination of training tools for implementation research. | Head of Training Unit, Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM), Mozambique – satellite Regional Training Centre supported by TDR | Confirmed |
The example of the TDR Clinical Research and Development fellowship (CDRF) supported by the BMGF to achieve SDGs | |||
Speaker 4 (TDR) Dermot Maher |
The TDR CRDF programme | Coordinator TDR/RCS |
Confirmed |
Speaker 5 (Private sector)Opokua Ofori opokua.ofori-anyinam@gsk.com |
Public-private partnership in clinical research training | Director Clinical Development, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Belgium | Confirmed |
Speaker 6 (Non-profit research and development organization)Wilfried Mutombo wmutombo@dndi.org |
Sustainable capacity for research in disease-endemic countries | Project Coordinator for Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi), DR Congo. | Confirmed |
Speaker 7 (Academia)Ewurama Owusu edampadu@chs.edu.gh or edampaduowusu@gmail.com |
Career development in clinical research | Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana | Confirmed |
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