The Emerging Voices for Global Health Initiative: an intensive capacity-building effort for young researchers from the South
The Emerging Voices for Global Health Initiative: an intensive capacity-building effort for young researchers from the South
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DOI:
10.1684/mst.2012.0018
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发表时间:
2012-01-01
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通讯作者:
Van Damme, W.
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作者:
Hercot, D.;Keugoung, B.;Van Damme, W.
Researchers from developing countries, French-speaking nations in particular, are underrepresented in the international biomedical and health literature. Various initiatives seek to address this problem. This article presents the experience of the Emerging Voices for Global Health (EV4GH) program. This initiative provided 52 young researchers from developing countries with intensive skills and content training, with an assortment of complementary components: training in scientific writing and presenting skills, immersion in global health and health systems research, an innovative presentation of their work at the 52nd colloquium of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, and an active role in the first Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, supervised by a team of experienced researchers/coaches who supported them in the publication of a scientific essay. This approach targeting researchers in developing countries and combining the development of skills and knowledge through the publication process, merits reproduction and encouragement. Young researchers from developing countries should not miss out on the second version of this program in October 2012 in Beijing, China.