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Title: Prof. S.P Reddy


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Prof. S.P Reddy Health Promotion Research and
Development Unit Presentation to the Portfolio
Committee April 12, 2005 http//www.mrc.ac.za
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Research Capacity Strengthening
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Research Capacity Strengthening
  • Strengthening Research Capacity is one of the
    most powerful cost effective and sustainable
    means of advancing health and development
  • (Commission on Health Research for 1990)

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Imperatives for Research Capacity Strengthening
  • One of the 7 key elements of ENHR
  • Critical element of the development agenda for a
    country
  • Development of indigenous skills
  • Avoid an exodus of a cadre of elite scientists
  • Africanisation of Health Research

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Epidemiological Transition
  • Change in research paradigm
  • Behavioural research, multisectoral nature, no
    single intervention will result in a healthy
    nation
  • Health promotion model balanced view of
    infectious and non-infectious diseases

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What do we do?
  • Train local researchers
  • Learning by doing
  • Strong encouragement to engage in post-graduate
    qualifications
  • Develop linkages, collaborative ventures and
    partnerships with local and international
    research groups
  • Common research questions that fit into
    methodological mix

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Challenges
  • Publish or Perish
  • Writing and Analysis
  • Social Science intersection with Biomedical
    Science

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Researchers in Training
Name Gender Race Title Funding
Sibusiso Sifunda M B Evaluation of Prison Intervention NIH/MRC
Shegs James F B Evaluation of School Interventions Horizons
Saadhna Panday F B Smoking Cessation MRC
Coceka Nogoduka F B Primary Health Care Nurses Interventions CDC
Lekan Ayo-Yusuf M B Evaluation of School Intervention MRC
Dehran Swart M B School Smoking Prevention MRC
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What Do We Need?
  • A coordinated National Plan that is well
    supported
  • A strong belief in the need to train local people
  • Good appropriate mentorship
  • Commitment, commitment, commitment!!!
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