TY - JOUR
T1 - The Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research
T2 - A model of capacity-building research
AU - The Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research Investigatorsy
AU - Koso-Thomas, Marion
AU - McClure, Elizabeth M.
AU - Belizán, José M.
AU - Althabe, Fernando
AU - Buekens, Pierre M.
AU - Tshefu, Antoinette
AU - Bose, Carl L.
AU - Garces, Ana
AU - Hambidge, K. Michael
AU - Krebs, Nancy F.
AU - Kodkany, Bhalchandra S.
AU - Goudar, Shivaprasad S.
AU - Derman, Richard J.
AU - Patel, Archana
AU - Hibberd, Patricia L.
AU - Esamai, Fabian
AU - Liechty, Edward A.
AU - Pasha, Omrana
AU - Saleem, Sarah
AU - Goldenberg, Robert L.
AU - Chomba, Elwyn
AU - Carlo, Waldemar A.
AU - Wallace, Dennis D.
AU - Jobe, Alan H.
AU - Miodovnik, Menachem
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by grants from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U01 HD040477; U01 HD043464; U01 HD040657; U01 HD042372; U01 HD040607; U01 HD058322; U01 HD058326; U01 HD040636; U01 HD043475).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In response to the global effort to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, a partnership was created between the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to establish the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research (Global Network) in 2000. The Global Network was developed with a goal of building local maternal and child health research capacity in resource-poor settings. The objective of the network was to conduct research focused on several high-need areas, such as preventing life-threatening obstetric complications, improving birth weight and infant growth, and improving childbirth practices in order to reduce mortality. Scientists from developing countries, together with peers in the USA, lead research teams that identify and address population needs through randomized clinical trials and other research studies. Global Network projects develop and test cost-effective, sustainable interventions for pregnant women and newborns and provide guidance for national policy and for the practice of evidence-based medicine. This article reviews the results of the Global Network's research, the impact on policy and practice, and highlights the capacity-building efforts and collaborations developed since its inception.
AB - In response to the global effort to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, a partnership was created between the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to establish the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research (Global Network) in 2000. The Global Network was developed with a goal of building local maternal and child health research capacity in resource-poor settings. The objective of the network was to conduct research focused on several high-need areas, such as preventing life-threatening obstetric complications, improving birth weight and infant growth, and improving childbirth practices in order to reduce mortality. Scientists from developing countries, together with peers in the USA, lead research teams that identify and address population needs through randomized clinical trials and other research studies. Global Network projects develop and test cost-effective, sustainable interventions for pregnant women and newborns and provide guidance for national policy and for the practice of evidence-based medicine. This article reviews the results of the Global Network's research, the impact on policy and practice, and highlights the capacity-building efforts and collaborations developed since its inception.
KW - Global health
KW - Low-middle income countries
KW - Maternal and child health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84952874298&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.siny.2015.04.004
DO - 10.1016/j.siny.2015.04.004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 26043962
AN - SCOPUS:84952874298
SN - 1744-165X
VL - 20
SP - 293
EP - 299
JO - Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
JF - Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
IS - 5
ER -