Strengthening capacities and resource allocation for co-production of health research in low and middle income countries

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. 2021 Feb 15:372:n166.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.n166.

Strengthening capacities and resource allocation for co-production of health research in low and middle income countries

Irene Akua Agyepong^{1

2}, Sue Godt³, Issiaka Sombie⁴, Charity Binka⁵, Vicky Okine⁶, Marie-Gloriose Ingabire⁷

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¹ Ghana Health Service, Research and Development Division, Dodowa Health Research Center, Dodowa, Ghana.
² Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Accra, Ghana.
³ Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ West Africa Health Organization, Burkina Faso.
⁵ Women, Media and Change (WOMEC), Accra, Ghana.
⁶ Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights, Accra, Ghana.
⁷ International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

PMID: 33593725
PMCID: PMC7879269
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n166

Strengthening capacities and resource allocation for co-production of health research in low and middle income countries

Irene Akua Agyepong et al. BMJ. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 15:372:n166.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.n166.

Authors

Irene Akua Agyepong^{1

2}, Sue Godt³, Issiaka Sombie⁴, Charity Binka⁵, Vicky Okine⁶, Marie-Gloriose Ingabire⁷

Affiliations

¹ Ghana Health Service, Research and Development Division, Dodowa Health Research Center, Dodowa, Ghana.
² Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Accra, Ghana.
³ Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ West Africa Health Organization, Burkina Faso.
⁵ Women, Media and Change (WOMEC), Accra, Ghana.
⁶ Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights, Accra, Ghana.
⁷ International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

PMID: 33593725
PMCID: PMC7879269
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n166

Abstract

Irene Agyepong and colleagues share experiences and ideas to strengthen capacity for health research co-production in low and middle income countries

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Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare. This article is part of a series produced in conjunction with WHO and the Alliance for Health Policy Systems and Research with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The BMJ peer reviewed, edited, and made the decision to publish.

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[1] Dangme West Health Insurance Scheme (Dangme Hewaminami Kpee). Annual report of the1st insurance year (1st October 2000—30th September 2001). 2002. http://www.panafricandrph.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/DWHIS-1st-Year-...

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[5] Agyepong IA, Adjei S. Public social policy development and implementation: a case study of the Ghana National Health Insurance scheme. Health Policy Plan 2008;23:150-60. 10.1093/heapol/czn002 - DOI - PubMed

[6] Agyepong IA, Adjei S. Public social policy development and implementation: a case study of the Ghana National Health Insurance scheme. Health Policy Plan 2008;23:150-60. 10.1093/heapol/czn002 - DOI - PubMed

[7] Agyepong IA, Orem JN, Hercot D. Viewpoint: when the “non-workable ideological best” becomes the enemy of the “imperfect but workable good”. Trop Med Int Health 2011;16:105-9. 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02639.x - DOI - PubMed

[8] Agyepong IA, Orem JN, Hercot D. Viewpoint: when the “non-workable ideological best” becomes the enemy of the “imperfect but workable good”. Trop Med Int Health 2011;16:105-9. 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02639.x - DOI - PubMed

[9] Tembo D, Morrow E, Worswick L, Lennard D. Is co-production just a pipe dream for applied health research commissioning? An exploratory literature review. Frontiers in Sociology 2019;4:50 10.3389/fsoc.2019.00050 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Tembo D, Morrow E, Worswick L, Lennard D. Is co-production just a pipe dream for applied health research commissioning? An exploratory literature review. Frontiers in Sociology 2019;4:50 10.3389/fsoc.2019.00050 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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