Our Projects
Capacity building on scientific writing for academicians and program experts in the area of primary healthcare
| Status | COMPLETED |
| Project duration | January 2020 – September 2020 |
| Funding source | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Client | MOH, RHB, partners and local universities |
| Mechanism | Grant |
| Category of project | Capacity building and technical assistance |
Brief description
This project is being implemented with the major objectives of building the capacity of researchers and implementers in the health sector; and publishing peer-reviewed journals and other published products from the data collected for the national assessment of the health extension program. In this project, experts from different stakeholders of PHC stakeholders were selected for capacity building and scientific writing. These stakeholders include young researchers from local universities, consultants, researchers from research institutes (IIfPHC) and professional associations, MOH and its implementing partners and experts in PHC. These experts (cumulative: #80) went through a series of capacity building sessions which included trainings on conceptualizing scientific papers, research paradigms, data management, and data analysis; scientific writing skills; policy brief development; mentorship in the process of manuscript development; and reviewing drafted manuscripts. For effective management of the project, these researchers were assigned to specific manuscript topics (#42) and policy briefs (#11) based on their preferences. Moreover, the writeup of these scientific products was managed under three cohorts. MERQ partnered with PREPSS (the University of Michigan’s Pre-Publication Support Service) and with senior public health experts in the country and abroad for the provision of training, mentorship, review services and copy-editing.
Scope: National
Outputs:
* 42 Draft manuscripts;
* Policy Briefs: 11 briefs covering important topics;
Project Details
- Start Date: 2020-01-01
- End Date: 2020-09-01
- Clients: MOH, RHB, partners and local universities
- Categories: Capacity building
