Building and Evaluating Research Capacity in Healthcare Systems: Case Studies and Innovative Models

Historically, funding of research in the context of North-South Collaborations was more often than not done expediently. The Northern partners and their funders determined the priorities of what research needed to be done and where it was going to be published. The Southern partners were often at the tail end of publications and did not have a say on what the research priorities were that could improve the health of their populations in any substantive way. The few graduates (such as masters and PhDs) in the South were a nice by-product. However, they often subsequently left their own countries to continue studying and pursuing their careers in the North. What is exciting about this book is that it challenges this traditional model.