Understanding global health research collaborations: an Indigenous realist evaluation of the African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence programme.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Global North-South research collaborations are complex and dynamic despite their centrality to global health research. We conducted an Indigenous-inspired realist evaluation to examine how and why research collaborations under the 'African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence' programme work to strengthen African researchers' health research capacity. With funding from a Global North partner, the programme supports multiple research projects, each led by an African principal investigator (PI).

Methods

We adopted a multicase study design with three cases covering laboratory-based, policy-based and innovation-based health research projects. Realist-informed qualitative methods were used to test an initial programme theory (IPT). We conducted 32 realist in

SUBMITTER: Mutua MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12551521 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature