Embed capacity development within all global health research
Ayôla Akim Adégnika, John Amuasi, Paulin Basinga, Della Berhanu, Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Yemisrach B. Okwaraji, Lars Åke Persson, Bonaventure Savadogo, Joanna Schellenberg, Peter Steinmann
Abstract
Summary box • All countries, including low- and middle-income countries, need robust health research capacity • The research capacity gap between global North and South is closing too slowly, and governments, funders, and academic institutions are not investing sufficiently to bridge this chasm • With two examples from collaborative research projects in sub-Saharan Africa, we illustrate how capacity development can be an integrated part of a joint research effort supported by all involved institutions • We advocate that research capacity development be valued as highly as evidence generation and be embedded in all global health research