Building sustainable operational research capacity in Pakistan: starting with tuberculosis and expanding to other public health problems.
Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative in Pakistan from its inception and the challenges and ways forward
Abstract
For many years, operational research capacity has been a challenge and has remained a low priority for the health sector in Pakistan. Building research capacity for developing a critical mass of researchers in Pakistan was done through (SORT IT) courses in Paris and Asia between 2010 and 2016.
The aim of this paper is to describe the journey of SORT-IT in Pakistan from its inception to progressive expansion and discuss the challenges and ways forward.
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
Citation
Fatima R, Yaqoob A, Qadeer E, Hinderaker SG, Heldal E, Zachariah R, Harries AD, Kumar AM V. Building sustainable operational research capacity in Pakistan: starting with tuberculosis and expanding to other public health problems. Global Health Action. 2019;12(1):1555215.