scholarly journals Health research production in developping countries/africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 006-010
Author(s):  
Nasef Aisha ◽  
El-Taguri Adel
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Research Production

Collaboration and “Visibility” of Health Research in the Western Pacific Region

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Paraje ◽  
Ritu Sadana ◽  
Reijo Salmela
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Health Research ◽  
High Income ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
World Health ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Western Pacific Region ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Research Production ◽  
The Western Pacific

Using more than 3.5 million bibliographic references in Thomson ISI Web of Science (health-related articles, notes, and reviews) and a broad definition of health (covering related social, medical, environmental, and physical sciences) research production, collaboration patterns and “visibility” of that production for largest producers in the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organization are estimated for the 1992-2001 period. Two findings are of particular interest in relation to the production of relevant knowledge on health topics and equity in the access to this knowledge. The first is that intraregional collaboration is low and that large regional producers of research (ie, Japan, Australia, China, etc) collaborate more with high-income countries from other regions than among themselves within the region, or with smaller regional research producers. The second one is that “visibility” of health research in the region is relatively low, even for high-income countries. High “visibility” research is mostly done with the involvement, through collaboration, of extra-region high-income countries. Collaboration between low-income or middle-income countries is mostly in low “visibility” research.

scholarly journals Partnerships with local organisations are vital for conducting health research in Syria—personal reflections

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulkarim Ekzayez
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
London School ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Research Production ◽  
Humanitarian Response ◽  
King's College ◽  
Save The Children ◽  
Personal Reflections ◽  
Syrian Conflict

Abstract Throughout the 9 years of the Syrian conflict, humanitarian actors have accumulated enormous experience of dealing with this complex environment and collected substantial data—only a tiny fraction, however, is being used in informing practice and research. Partnering with academic institutions could enable these actors to foster their efforts in data collection, analysis and research production. These partnerships should go beyond the traditional understanding of partnerships to include elements of a two-way capacity strengthening paradigm, and equal benefits and opportunities. Drawing on my personal experience of providing clinical medicine in field hospitals in conflict-affected areas in Syria, as well as my experience in the humanitarian response there working with Save the Children and a number of local organisations, and then moving to policy and research working with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Chatham House and King’s College London, I conclude equal partnerships and effective collaborations between academic institutions and humanitarian actors could provide a concrete and sustainable approach of conducting health research in conflict settings.

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