Enhancement of health research capacity in Nigeria through north-south and in-country partnerships.

ABSTRACT: Research productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa has the potential to affect teaching, student quality, faculty career development, and translational country-relevant research as it has in developed countries. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, with an academic infrastructure that includes 129 universities and 45 medical schools; however, despite the size, the country has unacceptably poor health status indicators. To further develop the research infrastructure in Nigeria, faculty and research career development topics were identified within the six Nigerian universities of the nine institutions of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative in Nigeria (MEPIN) consortium. The consortium identified a training model that incorporated multi-institutional "train-the-trainers" programs

SUBMITTER: Olaleye DO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5207797 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature