Coordinating Unit of the Mesoamerican Center for Population Health Research on Non-Communicable Disease

项目总结--协调股 协调股的主要目标是作为一个行政平台 这将确保沟通，集中所有需求评估活动，并定义 中心绩效指标和可持续发展战略。作为一个久负盛名的 墨西哥S国立公共卫生研究所在拉丁美洲的公共卫生研究和教学 卫生署(墨西哥)将担任该提案的项目协调股，并将 负责该组件中包含的所有活动。Insp-墨西哥有固体 基于本地和跨国需求评估的领导和协调经验 能力建设倡议。此外，墨西哥Insp通过Fogarty获得了资金。 国际中心创建一个协作的、多学科的培训计划， 利用全球卫生关键领域的研究和教学活动 以前由INSP-墨西哥的教员和其他学术机构进行。这个 协调股将负责协调和加强与所有 在这个项目的所有阶段通过有效的沟通帮助合作伙伴。我们将进行 非传染性慢性病(NCD)需要通过利益相关者和 社区参与以确定研究重点、培训和指导能力， 研究基础设施和设施，以及监测和评估机制。最后， 我们将制定绩效指标和战略，以确保 中心。

PROJECT SUMMARY – COORDINATING UNIT The primary objective of the Coordinating Unit is to serve as an administrative platform that will ensure communication, centralize all needs assessment activities, and define the Center performance indicators and sustainability strategies. As a well-established leader in public health research and teaching in Latin America, Mexico´s National Institute of Public Health (INSP-Mexico) will serve as the project Coordinating Unit of this proposal and will be responsible for all the activities contained within this component. INSP-Mexico has solid experience leading and coordinating local and multi-national needs assessment-based capacity building initiatives. Additionally, INSP-Mexico obtained funds through the Fogarty International Center to create a collaborative, multi-disciplinary training program, capitalizing on the research and teaching activities in crucial areas of global health previously undertaken by INSP-Mexico’s faculty and by other academic institutions. The Coordinating Unit will be responsible for coordinating and enhancing collaborations with all the partners through effective communication at all stages of this project. We will conduct a non-communicable chronic diseases (NCD) needs assessment through stakeholder and community engagement to identify research priorities, training and mentoring capacity, research infrastructure and facilities, and monitoring and evaluation mechanisms. Finally, we will define performance indicators and strategies to ensure the sustainability of the Center.