Increasing access to a global health conference and enhancing research capacity: Using an interdisciplinary approach and virtual spaces in an international community of practice

Basile, Francesca Wanda; Petrus, Jaime; Gates, Catriona; Perry, Sarah H.; Benjamin, Jennifer; McKenzie, Kevin; Hirani, Kajal; Huynh, Cam; Anabwani-Richter, Florence; Haq, Heather; Nguyen, Diane

doi:10.7189/jogh.12.03038

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“…We anticipate more institutions implementing this approach, especially after the comfort of virtual and hybrid classrooms during the pandemic. We have already seen this shift with global health conferences allowing easier participation from LMICs [ 25 , 26 ].…”

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Evolving academic and research partnerships in global health: a capacity-building partnership to assess primary healthcare in the Philippines

Aryal

Garcia

Scheitler

et al. 2023

Global Health Action

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Building fair, equitable, and beneficial partnerships between institutions collaborating in research in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and high-income countries (HIC) has become an integral part of research capacity building in global health in recent years. In this paper, we offer an example of an academic collaboration between the University of California Los Angeles, Center for Health Policy and Research (UCLA CHPR) and the University of Philippines, Manila, College of Public Health (UPM CPH) that sought to build an equitable partnership between research institutions. The partnership was built on a project to build capacity for research and produce data for policy action for the prevention and care of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through primary healthcare in the Philippines. The specific objectives of the project were to: (1) locally adapt the Primary Care Assessment Tool for the Philippines and use the adapted tool to measure facility-level primary care delivery, (2) conduct focus group discussions (FGDs) to gather qualitative observations regarding primary care readiness and capacity, and (3) conduct a comprehensive population-based health survey among adults on NCDs and prior healthcare experience. We describe here the progression of the partnership between these institutions to carry out the project and the elements that helped build a stronger connection between the institutions, such as mutual goal setting, cultural bridging, collaborative teams, and capacity building. This example, which can be used as a model depicting new directionality and opportunities for LMIC-HIC academic partnerships, was written based on the review of shared project documents, including study protocols, and written and oral communications with the project team members, including the primary investigators. The innovation of this partnership includes: LMIC-initiated project need identification, LMIC-based funding allocation, a capacity-building role of the HIC institution, and the expansion of scope through jointly offered courses on global health.

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