Research capacity strengthening in the South
Research capacity strengthening in the South
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DOI：
10.1016/s0277-9536(01)00338-0
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发表时间：
2002-06-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Nchinda, TC
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作者：
Nchinda, TC
在卫生领域的各级积极促进循证决策是朝着改善人口健康的方向迈出的必要一步。最近的研究表明，发展中国家的疾病负担很高，特别是传染病、传染病和非传染性疾病的负担以及母亲和儿童的健康问题。目前，这种日益增加的疾病和健康负担与发展中国家利用现有知识和创造新知识来防治这些疾病和健康问题的技术和人力能力之间存在不匹配。因此，有必要协助发展中国家建立本国的研究能力，使它们能够在本国环境中进行研究，其结果将导致在其国内制定适当的控制战略。建立本国的研究能力将使发展中国家的科学家能够把在其他地方进行的研究结果转化为它们自己的国家环境。这些研究的最终结果将增加关于特定健康问题的全球知识库，并有助于找到解决这些问题的适当办法。最后，这项研究将增加他们在国家卫生领导方面基于知识的决策。本文旨在描述过去几十年在能力加强方面的一些经验，并从这些经验中提出以可持续方式建设这些能力的机制。本文描述了加强能力的步骤，特别强调了确定受训人员、培训他们和回国后的部署。本文描述了研究可持续性的机制，包括创造合适的职业结构、研究人员的报酬和建立合适的研究基础设施以满足日益增长的需求和能力的重要性。强调了南南、南北和联网伙伴关系的重要性。最后，该报告呼吁发展中国家的决策者更多地参与整个能力建设过程。他们应该设定高度集中的研究重点，确定尚不存在的能力，并沿着所描述的路线继续填补这些空白。(C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd.版权所有。
Active promotion of evidence-based decision-making at all levels of the health field is a necessary step in the direction of improving the health of the population. Recent studies have shown that the burden of disease in developing countries is high particularly the burden of infectious, communicable and non-communicable diseases and health problems of mothers and children. There is presently, a mismatch between this increased disease and health burden and the technical and human capacity of developing countries to use existing knowledge and to generate new knowledge to combat these diseases and health problems. It is therefore necessary to assist developing countries to build indigenous research capability so they can undertake studies in their own national settings the results of which will lead to the development of appropriate control strategies in their countries. Building indigenous research capacity will enable developing country scientists to translate results of studies carried out elsewhere into their individual national settings. Eventually results of such studies will increase the global knowledge base about the particular health problems and contribute to finding appropriate solutions to them. The research will, finally, increase knowledge-based decision-making by their health leadership of the country. This paper has set out to describe some experiences in capacity strengthening over the last few decades and to propose from these, mechanisms for building these capacities in a sustainable manner.This paper has described the steps in capability strengthening with special emphasis on identification of trainees, their training and deployment on return. The paper has described mechanisms of research sustainability including creation of suitable career structures, remuneration of researchers and the importance of building up suitable infrastructure for research to meet increasing demands and competence. The place of partnerships South-South, South-North and networking has been stressed. Finally, the paper calls for greater involvement by policy makers in developing countries in the entire capacity building process. They should set highly focussed research priorities, identify competence not already existing and proceed to fill these gaps along the lines described. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.