About
Demonstrating trustworthiness through established regional leadership in Africa, Asia and Latin America
There are highly competent and world-class research centres across the Global South, but in many countries and regions research skills and expertise remain lacking, and there is stark global inequity. Therefore, driving health research initiatives for strengthening capacity and building lasting capabilities across the global South should be derived and led from these regions.
In support of this, the Global Health Network is transitioning to a regional leadership and governance structure in which Coordination Centres will be set up with three key partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The three Global Health Network Coordination Centres will work closely with each other, and with operational support from the University of Oxford, as part of an open and federal global Alliance.
This regional leadership model supports the Coordination Centres with the ability to improve knowledge management and increase training and capacity development efforts in health research, across the regions. In parallel, it facilitates stronger strategic partnerships and highly active global research collaborations that are based upon trust, equity and fairness.
Each regional Coordination Centre will be the central point of organisation, leadership, operational oversight and delivery for the training and capacity strengthening initiatives in the region. The operational team established at each Centre will be managing and coordinating this programme of initiatives that extend to wider partners and collaborating regional hubs.
Through the mechanisms of design and delivery, this new global alliance will enable research, embed capability and strengthen research environments.
