Evidence-to-Action: Building Institutional Research Capacity
In Mozambique, HAI partnered closely with the Mozambican National Insitutes of Health, the Beira Operations Research Center (CIOB), and the University of Washington to offer both formal training in applied research methods as well as mentorship opportunities for junior researchers.
IDEAs HAS TRANSFERRED TO CSM
As of October 2021, HAI fully transferred all global operations and active Mozambique programs to CSM, an independent local NGO with a board, leadership, and staff that reflects the communities they serve.
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Developing research capacity to identify, measure, and test solutions to local health priorities enables the adoption of policies and strategies that improve health and build resilience into national health systems. A prime example is HAI’s work with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s African Health Initiative. A key element of this project is integrating research capacity building into the IDEAs strategy to build deep institutional support for evidence-based policy making. This includes:
- In-service implementation research training to national, provincial, and district-level health systems managers;
- Graduate-level training for Mozambican MPH and PhD students;
- Technical and financial support to research proposals that aim to answer priority maternal, newborn, and child health-related policy questions.
These investments resulted in 20+ peer reviewed publications and 50+ presentation at scientific conferences by Mozambican researchers. HAI programs also funded 10 Ministry of Health MPH fellows at two local universities, as well as 2 Ministry of Health MPH fellows and 4 doctoral students at the University of Washington.
HAI-LIGHTS
In 2005, HAI helped establish the Beira Center for Operations Research (CIOB), the first applied research center of the Mozambique National Institutes of Health. In the years following, HAI and CIOB maintained a continuous partnership aimed at building the applied research capacity of the Mozambican health system
HAI together with the INS and CIOB successfully implemented 10 trainings in implementation research to over 150 Mozambican health system staff.
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Publications
News/Media
| Pillars of Strength: How embedded research supports resilient health systems in Mozambique | WHO/AHPSR, 2020 |
| A Foundation Set Out to bolster African Health Systems. What has it Achieved? | Inside Philanthropy, 2019 |
| Enabling Learning Systems: the African Health Initiative in Mozambique | AHI Video, 2018 |
Funding
[2018-2021] Spreading the Integrated District Evidence-to-Action (IDEAs) Program for Neonatal Mortality Reduction in Mozambique [project transferred to CSM for continuation]
This project received funding support from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under award number R01HD092449, via a subagreement from the University of Washington.
[2016-2021] Spreading the Integrated District Evidence-to-Action (IDEAs) Program to Improve Maternal, Newborn and Child Health [project transferred to CSM for continuation]
This project received funding support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
[2009-2016] Strengthening Integrated Primary Health Care in Sofala Province, Mozambique.
This project received funding support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
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Our mission is to promote policies and support programs that strengthen government primary health care and foster social, economic, and health equity for all. Our vision is a just world that promotes health and well-being, including universal access to quality health care.
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Health Alliance International began in 1987 as a US-based international solidarity organization committed to supporting the public sector provision of health care for all. Over 35 years, HAI conducted programs in 17 countries, with flagship programs in Mozambique, Côte d'Ivoire, and Timor-Leste.
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In line with HAI’s commitment to support and strengthen local public health leadership, as of October 2021, HAI fully transitioned global operations and active programs to locally-based, locally-led NGOs. Learn more about this shift toward local autonomy and equity in global health.
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