Journal
EMERGING THEMES IN EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12982-022-00113-y
Keywords
Partnership; Population survey; Collaboration; Experiences; Africa; Foodborne disease burden
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- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom Government [OPP1195617]
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [OPP1195617] Funding Source: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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In this paper, we applied Larkan et al.'s framework for successful research partnerships in global health to self-evaluate our project's collaboration, management, and implementation process. Our partnership formation considered the interplay and balance between operations and relations. Using Larkan et al.'s seven core concepts (i.e., focus, values, equity, benefit, communication, leadership, and resolution), we reviewed the process stated above in an African context.
Background Collaborative research is being increasingly implemented in Africa to study health-related issues, for example, the lack of evidence on disease burden, in particular for the presumptive high load of foodborne diseases. The FOCAL (Foodborne disease epidemiology, surveillance, and control in African LMIC) Project is a multi-partner study that includes a population survey to estimate the foodborne disease burden in four African low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Our multi-partner study team had members from seven countries, all of whom contributed to the project from the grant application stage, and who play(ed) specific roles in designing and implementing the population survey. Main text In this paper, we applied Larkan et al.'s framework for successful research partnerships in global health to self-evaluate our project's collaboration, management, and implementation process. Our partnership formation considered the interplay and balance between operations and relations. Using Larkan et al.'s seven core concepts (i.e., focus, values, equity, benefit, communication, leadership, and resolution), we reviewed the process stated above in an African context. Conclusion Through our current partnership and research implementing a population survey to study disease burden in four African LMICs, we observed that successful partnerships need to consider these core concepts explicitly, apply the essential leadership attributes, perform assessment of external contexts before designing the research, and expect differences in work culture. While some of these experiences are common to research projects in general, the other best practices and challenges we discussed can help inform future foodborne disease burden work in Africa.
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