UAB-AKU: Intl Maternal & Child Health Research/Training

描述（由申请人提供）：该倡议的目的是 通过合作研究和培训， 巴基斯坦科学家促进妇幼保健的能力 研究工作，解决适合巴基斯坦的因素， 导致怀孕结果不佳和母亲健康状况不佳 巴基斯坦的儿童。该培训计划旨在 多学科，包括生物医学，社会文化和行为 研究问题。本申请书与一份 在巴基斯坦建立妇幼保健中心的反应 位于伯明翰的亚拉巴马大学（UAB）和 位于巴基斯坦卡拉奇的阿加汗大学（AKU），作为全球网络的一部分 为妇女？s和儿童？健康研究计划（RFA HD-QO-007）。的 Fogarty International的培训和研究能力建设工作 国际妇幼保健研究和培训中心 计划（IMCHRT）旨在促进孕产妇和儿童健康研究， 改善巴基斯坦怀孕和分娩结果， 根据《全球卫生保健行动计划》提交的UAB-AKU妇幼保健研究报告， 网络程序。该计划将有效地建立从高度 UAB Fogarty艾滋病国际组织与巴基斯坦成功建立关系 培训和研究计划。我们期望加强建立一个 位于卡拉奇的阿加汗大学母婴研究中心， 在生物医学、行为和预防研究方面提供关键的专业知识 巴基斯坦科学家和研究人员提供妇幼保健方面的支助 工作人员培训将在美国UAB和AKU提供， 包括攻读公共卫生学位培训、短期培训和 UAB和AKU之间基于网络的远程学习计划。这个培训项目 将促进在国家范围内开展新的妇幼保健研究， UAB-AKU全球网络研究中心（如果获奖），并促进 与美国建立长期合作关系。 调查人员和巴基斯坦受训人员。我们相信， 开发AKU？在以下方面提供区域领导的独立能力 培训和研究是Fogarty和NICHD最好的长期投资 资源

DESCRIPTION (Provided by applicant): The purpose of this initiative is to strengthen and sustain, through collaborative research and training, the capability of Pakistani scientists to contribute to maternal and child health research efforts by addressing factors appropriate to Pakistan which contribute to poor pregnancy outcomes and the poor health status of mothers and children in Pakistan. This training program is intended to be multidisciplinary and to include both biomedical, sociocultural and behavioral research issues. This application is being submitted concurrently with a response for the establishment in Pakistan of a Maternal and Child Health Research Center between the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the Aga Khan University (AKU) in Karachi, Pakistan, as part of a Global Network for Women?s and Children?s Health Research Program (RFA HD-QO-007). The training and research capacity building efforts of our Fogarty International Center (FIC) International Maternal and Child Health Research and Training Program (IMCHRT) are meant to facilitate maternal and child health research to improve pregnancy and birth outcomes in Pakistan such as will be undertaken by the UAB-AKU Maternal and Child Health Research submitted under the Global Network program. This program will build efficiently from the highly successful UAB-Pakistan relationship of the UAB Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program. We expect to strengthen the establishment of a Maternal and Child Research Center at the Aga Khan University in Karachi by providing critical expertise in biomedical, behavioral and prevention research in maternal and child health to Pakistani scientists and research support staff. Training will be offered both in the U.S. at UAB and at AKU and will include degree-seeking training in Public Health, short- term training, and a web-based distance-learning program between UAB and AKU. This training program will promote the initiation of new maternal and child health research within the UAB-AKU Global Network Research Center (if awarded) and facilitate the establishment of long-term collaborative relationships between U.S. investigators and Pakistani trainees. We are confident that our emphasis on developing AKU?s independent capacity to provide regional leadership in training and research is the best long-term investment of Fogarty and NICHD resources.