African-led health research and capacity building- is it working?
African-led health research and capacity building- is it working?
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非洲主导的卫生研究和能力建设----是否有效？
DOI：
10.1186/s12889-020-08875-3
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发表时间：
2020-07-14
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Ndung'u, Thumbi
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作者：
Kasprowicz, Victoria O.;Chopera, Denis;Ndung'u, Thumbi
非洲承受着全球重大疾病的不成比例的高负担，但在知识生产方面落后，以应对其健康挑战。在这方面的贡献，我们讨论的挑战和方法，加强在撒哈拉以南非洲地区的卫生研究能力，并提出最近的转变，以非洲为主导的方法是最优的。方法和findingsWe介绍几种能力建设的方法和最近的成就，探讨为什么非洲主导的研究在非洲大陆是一个潜在的范式转变和创新的方法，并讨论其优势和挑战。我们反思了非洲科学院（AAS）资助的撒哈拉以南非洲结核病/艾滋病卓越研究网络（SANTHE）财团所使用的方法，作为一个有效的非洲主导的科学和能力建设计划的例子。我们建议将以下内容作为未来工作的重要组成部分：1。直接授权非洲的研究人员，2。为大量非洲青年科学家和辅助人员提供高质量的培训和职业发展机会;有效的信息交流和协作。此外，委员会认为，我们认为，需要国际捐助者的长期投资以及非洲政府和慈善机构不断增加的资金承诺，以实现当地能力的临界质量，并创建和维持世界级的研究中心，这将有助于解决非洲棘手的健康挑战。这可能最终导致健康状况的改善和以科学为主导的经济转型，使非洲成为一个繁荣的大陆。
BackgroundAfrica bears a disproportionately high burden of globally significant disease but has lagged in knowledge production to address its health challenges. In this contribution, we discuss the challenges and approaches to health research capacity strengthening in sub-Saharan Africa and propose that the recent shift to an African-led approach is the most optimal.Methods and findingsWe introduce several capacity building approaches and recent achievements, explore why African-led research on the continent is a potentially paradigm-shifting and innovative approach, and discuss the advantages and challenges thereof. We reflect on the approaches used by the African Academy of Sciences (AAS)-funded Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence (SANTHE) consortium as an example of an effective African-led science and capacity building programme. We recommend the following as crucial components of future efforts: 1. Directly empowering African-based researchers, 2. Offering quality training and career development opportunities to large numbers of junior African scientists and support staff, and 3. Effective information exchange and collaboration. Furthermore, we argue that long-term investment from international donors and increasing funding commitments from African governments and philanthropies will be needed to realise a critical mass of local capacity and to create and sustain world-class research hubs that will be conducive to address Africa's intractable health challenges.ConclusionsOur experiences so far suggest that African-led research has the potential to overcome the vicious cycle of brain-drain and may ultimately lead to improvement of health and science-led economic transformation of Africa into a prosperous continent.