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WHO global plans to expand the Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative program

WHO global plans to expand the Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative program Dr Andrew Ramsay ramsaya@who.int. Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative. Purpose. Aims to help countries to:

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WHO global plans to expand the Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative program

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  1. WHO global plans to expand the Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative program Dr Andrew Ramsay ramsaya@who.int

  2. Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative

  3. Purpose Aims to help countries to: • Conduct operational research (OR) in accordance with their own priorities • Develop adequate and sustainable OR capacity in public health programmes; and • Create an organizational culture of policy and practice that is informed by OR and leads to improved programme performance

  4. Knowledge management and planning of capacity building– essential components of Integrated operational research and training

  5. Knowledge management and planning of capacity building– essential components of Dialogue with countries Research prioritization Plans for capacity-building Integrated operational research and training Influencing policy and practice Influencing future research Building sustainable capacity

  6. Global Research Capacity Gaps – Researchers per million inhabitants / Country

  7. SORT IT programmes 2012-13 Europe Georgia Ukraine Estonia Latvia Belarus Moldova Armenia Azerbaijan Eastern Europe region Italy Asia India Bangladesh Pakistan Afghanistan Nepal Bhutan Sri Lanka Singapore China Mongolia Uzbekistan South Pacific New Caledonia Cook Islands Tonga Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Solomon Islands Vanuata South America Brazil Bolivia Africa Kenya South Africa Ethiopia Malawi Zimbabwe Benin Somaliland Rwanda Burundi Lesotho Swaziland Democratic Republic of the Congo Sudan Mozambique Nigeria Somalia

  8. Getting the critical mass…….

  9. PROGRAMMES 2012 – 2013 10 programmes, 118 research studies/trainees, in 43 countries • AFRO (12 countries, 25 studies/trainees ) • AMRO/PAHO (2 countries, 2 studies/trainees) • EMRO (4 countries, 7 studies/trainees) • EURO (10 countries, 16 studies/trainees) • SEARO (5 countries, 39 studies/trainees) • WPRO (10 countries, 29 studies/trainees)

  10. Plans • More diseases and public health issues addressed • More complex research/training being undertaken • Partnering with other agencies and initiatives • A focus on building critical mass of operational research capacity in countries

  11. Purpose Aims to help countries to: • Conduct operational research (OR) in accordance with their own priorities • Develop adequate and sustainable OR capacity in public health programmes; and • Create an organizational culture of policy and practice that is informed by OR and leads to improved programme performance

  12. www.who.int/tdr/capacity/strengthening/sort/en

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