Closing the barrier between disease and health outcomes in Africa through research and capacity development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While the burden of disease in Africa is high, health research emanating from the continent is low. Building human capacity and research infrastructure to close the gap between research and disease is thus of great imporatance.

Objective

In order to improve research outputs and postgraduate training in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, the Health Sciences Research Office put in place a series of strategic initiatives over time.

Methods

A range of strategic activities, for both postgraduate students and academic staff, were developed in parallel and sequentially over a period of approximately nine years (2008-2016). The latter years were a time of consolidation of the programmes. Outcomes of these activities were 'measured' by

SUBMITTER: Kramer B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5795707 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature