WHO global plans to expand the Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative

program

Dr Andrew Ramsayramsaya@who.int

Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative

PurposeAims to help countries to:• Conduct operational research (OR) in

accordance with their own priorities• Develop adequate and sustainable OR

capacity in public health programmes; and• Create an organizational culture of policy and

practice that is informed by OR and leads to improved programme performance

Knowledge management and planning of capacity building– essential components of

Integrated operational research and training

Knowledge management and planning of capacity building– essential components of

Integrated operational research and training

Dialogue with countries

Research prioritization

Plans for capacity-building

Influencing policy and practice

Influencing future research

Building sustainable capacity

Global Research Capacity Gaps – Researchers per million inhabitants / Country

South America

BrazilBolivia

Africa

KenyaSouth AfricaEthiopiaMalawiZimbabweBeninSomalilandRwanda

BurundiLesothoSwazilandDemocratic Republic of the CongoSudanMozambiqueNigeriaSomalia

Europe

GeorgiaUkraineEstoniaLatviaBelarus

MoldovaArmeniaAzerbaijanEastern Europe regionItaly

Asia

IndiaBangladeshPakistanAfghanistanNepalBhutanSri Lanka

SingaporeChinaMongoliaUzbekistan

South Pacific

New CaledoniaCook IslandsTongaMarshall IslandsFederated States of MicronesiaSolomon IslandsVanuata

SORT IT programmes 2012-13

Getting the critical mass…….

PROGRAMMES 2012 – 201310 programmes, 118 research studies/trainees, in 43 countries

• AFRO (12 countries, 25 studies/trainees )• AMRO/PAHO (2 countries, 2 studies/trainees)• EMRO (4 countries, 7 studies/trainees)• EURO (10 countries, 16 studies/trainees)• SEARO (5 countries, 39 studies/trainees)• WPRO (10 countries, 29 studies/trainees)

Plans• More diseases and public health issues addressed

• More complex research/training being undertaken

• Partnering with other agencies and initiatives

• A focus on building critical mass of operational research capacity in countries

PurposeAims to help countries to:• Conduct operational research (OR) in

accordance with their own priorities• Develop adequate and sustainable OR

capacity in public health programmes; and• Create an organizational culture of policy and

practice that is informed by OR and leads to improved programme performance

www.who.int/tdr/capacity/strengthening/sort/en