The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI), a collaborative paradigm for institutional and human resources capacity building between high- and low- and middle-income countries: the Mozambique experience

Autor: Robert T. Schooley, Carla Carrilho, Mamudo R. Ismail, Alcido Nguenha, Constance A. Benson, Emilia Virginia Noormahomed, Sérgio Noormahomed, Ana Olga Mocumbi
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Economic growth
Capacity Building
020205 medical informatics
International Cooperation
02 engineering and technology
North–South collaboration
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Political science
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Cooperative Behavior
Human resources
Developing Countries
Mozambique
Medical education
Education
Medical
business.industry
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Health Policy
Developed Countries
Research
Middle income countries
1. No poverty
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Capacity building
lcsh:RA1-1270
Medical Education Partnership Initiative
Low and middle income countries
Paradigm shift
General partnership
Research-Article
South–South collaboration
business
High income countries
Zdroj: Global Health Action
Global Health Action, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2017)
ISSN: 1654-9880
Popis: Background: Collaborations among researchers based in lower and middle income countries (LMICs) and high income countries (HICs) have made major discoveries related to diseases disproportionately affecting LMICs and have been vital to the development of research communities in LMICs. Such collaborations have generally been scientifically and structurally driven by HICs. Objectives: In this report we outline a paradigm shift in collaboration, exemplified by the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI), in which the formulation of priorities and administrative infrastructure reside in the LMIC. Methods: This descriptive report outlines the critical features of the MEPI partnership. Results: In the MEPI, LMIC program partners translate broad program goals and define metrics into priorities that are tailored to local conditions. Program funds flow to a LMIC-based leadership group that contracts with peers from HICs to provide technical and scientific advice and consultation in a 'reverse funds flow' model. Emphasis is also placed on strengthening administrative capacity within LMIC institutions. A rigorous monitoring and evaluation process modifies program priorities on the basis of evolving opportunities to maximize program impact. Conclusions: Vesting LMIC partners with the responsibility for program leadership, and building administrative and fiscal capacity in LMIC institutions substantially enhances program relevance, impact and sustainability.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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