The University of North Carolina-Kinshasa School of Public Health Research Partnership in the Democratic Republic of Congo; a Model for Improving Women'sand Children's Health Through Research

摘要 刚果民主共和国是世界上最贫穷的国家之一， 健康成果。迫切需要创新研究，以发现基于证据的干预措施， 低收入和中等收入国家的健康状况。刚果民主共和国的卫生保健环境和结果 是许多低收入和中等收入国家遇到的问题的象征，使刚果民主共和国成为理想的国家。 环境，以制定和测试改善这些地区妇女和儿童健康的战略， 国家查佩尔山的北卡罗来纳州大学和金沙萨公共卫生学院 （KSPH）在刚果民主共和国有一个长期的伙伴关系，其总体目标是扩大科学知识 与改善健康结果相关。由Antoinette Tshefu博士（KSPH; SFI）和Carl 玻色（Bose; PI）在广泛的医院和社区研究中具有很高的生产力 研究，并有专门知识和资源，以解决研究问题的各种领域的孕产妇 和儿童健康。因此，UNC-KSPH伙伴关系是继续成为联合国 NICHD妇女和儿童健康研究全球网络。我们的总体目标是发现 以证据为基础的战略，以改善低收入和中等收入国家的健康结果。实现这一 我们的目标是：1）为GN带来人口科学和翻译领域独特的多学科资源， 联合国儿童基金会-科索沃保护儿童基金会伙伴关系的研究; 2）通过改善 研究基础设施; 3）通过提供以下服务，在刚果民主共和国和美国培养年轻的医学科学家 研究生学习和领导GN活动的机会。

Abstract The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is among the poorest nations in the world with correspondingly poor health outcomes. Innovative research is urgently needed to discover evidence-based interventions to improve health outcomes in low and middle-income countries. The health care environment and outcomes in the DRC are emblematic of problems encountered in many low and middle-income countries making the DRC an ideal environment in which to develop and test strategies for improving the health of women and children in these countries. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and the Kinshasa School of Public Health (KSPH) in the DRC have had a longstanding partnership whose overall goal is to expand scientific knowledge relevant to improving health outcomes. The Partnership, led by Drs. Antoinette Tshefu (KSPH; SFI) and Carl Bose (UNC; PI), has been highly productive in a wide range of hospital and community-based research studies, and has the expertise and resources to address research questions in a variety of areas of maternal and child health. Therefore, the UNC-KSPH Partnership is an ideal candidate to continue membership in the NICHD Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research (GN). Our overall goal is to discover evidenced-based strategies to improve health outcomes in low and middle-income countries. To achieve this goal we will: 1) bring to the GN the unique, multi-disciplinary resources in population sciences and translational research of the UNC-KSPH Partnership; 2) strengthen the investigative capacity in the DRC by improving the research infrastructure; and 3) develop young physician-scientists in the DRC and the US by providing opportunities for post-graduate study and leadership of GN activities.