Our experience is that for capacity building undertaken in a de-colonising way, with power shared between researchers and other research partners (such as student leaders), the process can be beneficial for all involved in the research [ 42].
It also includes capacity building components, undertaken with the Federal Ministry of Health and Federal Ministry of Water Resources.
Two focus group discussions were conducted with the district M&E Officers after 24 months to learn more about the capacity building efforts undertaken to develop the cadre.
However, the numbers of participants from India and Indonesia, where we have undertaken capacity-building activities, including domestic education to foreign students/PDs, are relatively high.
HIV/AIDS: WCARO will undertake capacity-building activities and provide technical assistance to improve prevention and response to gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS among conflict-affected populations.
Utilizing a methodology developed and tested by knowledge translation platforms across Africa, a stakeholder mapping exercise and initial capacity building workshops were undertaken and a multidisciplinary Steering Committee was formed.
Given the capacity building efforts that were undertaken between 1994-98, there are good prospects that the program will improve its interventions.
This paper describes the first three years of the consortium and reports the outcome of a needs assessment undertaken regarding the southern partner universities' research infrastructure and other capacity building needs.
The preintervention assessment parameters measured the individual risk of undertaking exercise independently, and health counseling mainly focused on risk explanation and capacity building.
These investments have focused on human resource development at ICDDR,B, which is consistent with the literature, with development of 'the capabilities of scientists to undertake quality research' being one of the two elements of research capacity building identified by Nchinda [ 10].
