Building Research Capacity to Address the Challenge of Non Communicable Diseases and Injuries in Rwanda The GUKORANA Research Center

项目总结/摘要 该提案的主要目标是规划和启动一个可持续的 非传染性疾病和伤害区域卓越研究中心（RCRE） （非传染性疾病）。为实现这一目标，我们将建立一个双边、多机构、 美国-卢旺达合作，1）对当地基础设施进行严格的景观分析， 人力资源能力; 2）开展活动，弥补开展国家土著发展倡议的能力差距 研究和在卢旺达建立一个RCRE。最初的重点将放在两个核心领域， 癌症和伤害，我们将进行培训和教育，以进行高质量的研究， 这些核心领域，并发展电子数据基础设施和行政管理， 为研究目的建立/改进疾病登记。此应用程序利用长- 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦医学院（AECOM）， 卢旺达大学、卢旺达军事医院、哈佛大学医学院 (HMS)，健康伙伴（PIH），弗吉尼亚联邦大学（VCU），费萨尔国王 医院和卢旺达卫生部卢旺达生物医学中心。 在国家工业发展委员会内计划并随后建立一个区域综合招聘和培训中心，将提高效率， 和有效性的研究支持的每一个这些个别机构通过联合努力 促进RCRE和其他卢旺达利益攸关方之间的合作。拟议 该中心的名称是“GUKORANYA”（全球大学非政府组织研究联盟）， 传染病和伤害）研究中心（GRC）。在基尼亚卢旺达， 在卢旺达语中，“gukoranya”一词的意思是“聚集在一起”。在建造了 必要的研究能力和基础设施，该中心将评估癌症的负担 并制定可行和有效的研究战略， 预防和治疗这些疾病的政策和临床实践。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The primary goal of this proposal is to plan for the development of and launch a sustainable Regional Center of Research Excellence (RCRE) for non-communicable diseases and injuries (NCDIs) in Rwanda. To accomplish this goal, we will establish a bi-lateral, multi-institutional, US-Rwanda collaboration to 1) conduct a rigorous landscape analysis of local infrastructure and human capacities and 2) initiate activities to address gaps in capacity for conducting NCDI research and establishing a RCRE in Rwanda. The initial focus will be on two core areas, cancer and injury, and we will conduct training and education to perform high-quality research in these core areas, and developing the electronic data infrastructure and administration needed to establish/improve disease registration for research purposes. This application leverages long- standing, pre-existing partnerships between Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM), University of Rwanda (UR), Rwanda Military Hospital (RMH), Harvard University Medical School (HMS), Partners in Health (PIH), Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), King Faisal Hospital, and the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) of the Rwanda Ministry of Health (MOH). The plans for and the subsequent establishment of a RCRE in NCDI will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of research supported by each of these individual institutions by uniting efforts and fostering collaboration within the RCRE and other Rwandan stakeholders. The proposed name of the center is “GUKORANYA” (Global University Consortium for Research in Non- communicable diseases and InjurY) Research Center (GRC). In Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda, the word `gukoranya' means `to gather together'. After building the necessary research capacities and infrastructure, this center will assess the burden of cancer and injury in Rwanda and develop feasible and effective research strategies to inform the public policy and clinical practices for the prevention and treatment of these conditions.