Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
A private senior research consultant, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Jul 18;23(1):764. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09767-z.
World Health Organization/Tropical Disease Research (WHO/TDR) has enduring investment in transfers of skills critical to sustaining resilient health research systems through postgraduate training, clinical research and development fellowship (CRDF), bioethics, and grants to neglected tropical disease research. TDR has a long history of partnership with Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) in Ethiopia. The collaboration started with individuals and lead to institution survival and success. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the impact and lessons learned of TDR initiatives in Ethiopia.
This study was guided by the 'TDR Impact Pathways'. A total of thirteen in-depth, and five key informant interviews were conducted with individuals who are currently working in Addis Ababa, Gondar, Jimma Universities and AHRI. In addition to the interviews, reports, written communications and publications were reviewed. Interviews were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim, inductively coded, and analyzed thematically. The results were presented following the themes with supportive verbatim quotes.
TDR's seed grants, training opportunities and technical support catalyzed individual, institutional and national research capacity in Ethiopia. This is a useful indication of how long-term collaboration between individuals could have broader institutional implication as evidenced from the TDR-AHRI complementary partnership.
世界卫生组织/热带病研究（WHO/TDR）通过研究生培训、临床研究和发展奖学金（CRDF）、生物伦理学以及向被忽视的热带病研究提供赠款，对维持有弹性的卫生研究系统所需的关键技能转让进行了持久投资。TDR 与埃塞俄比亚的 Armauer Hansen 研究所（AHRI）有着长期的合作关系。合作始于个人，并导致机构的生存和成功。因此，本研究旨在探讨 TDR 在埃塞俄比亚的举措的影响和经验教训。
本研究以“TDR 影响途径”为指导。在亚的斯亚贝巴、贡德尔、吉马大学和 AHRI 工作的 13 名深入访谈者和 5 名关键知情人接受了采访。除了访谈，还审查了报告、书面通信和出版物。对访谈进行了录音、逐字转录、归纳编码，并进行了主题分析。结果按照主题呈现，并附有支持性的逐字引述。
TDR 的种子赠款、培训机会和技术支持促进了埃塞俄比亚的个人、机构和国家研究能力。这是一个有用的迹象，表明个人之间的长期合作如何可能产生更广泛的机构影响，正如 TDR-AHRI 互补伙伴关系所证明的那样。
