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Equitable leadership in global health partnerships

Decolonising Global Health Workshop led by LSHTM TB Centre

Participants at a research training in The Gambia, West Africa. Photo credit: Mamud Joof, Communications Department, MRC Unit The Gambia.
Participants at a research training in The Gambia, West Africa. Photo credit: Mamud Joof, Communications Department, MRC Unit The Gambia.

Recent calls to decolonise global health (DGH) have highlighted the continued existence of colonial structures in research into diseases of public health importance in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Using tuberculosis (TB) as a model 

Despite TB being recognised as a leading cause of death globally and a disease of poverty, most of the TB research in high burden countries has been led by researchers from high-income countries. In our capacity as a world-leading centre for TB research with collaborations and partners across more than 30 countries, the LSHTM TB Centre must work to address this issue both internally and externally. 

A key step towards restructuring the system and shaping it to local needs is the necessity for “equitable leadership in global health partnerships.” This requires ensuring that researchers in LMICs have equal opportunity to successfully secure grant funding to lead and drive their own research based on locally-defined priorities. Despite initiatives from various funders, this continues to represent a major challenge. 

In this workshop, we will bring together researchers from LMICs, with a focus on early- and mid-career researchers, and leading European and UK funders to increase dialogue between these key stakeholders. This event will feature distinguished speakers, including Dr Catherine Kyobutungi, Executive Director of African Population & Health Research Centre, Professor Moses Bockarie, Director of International Cooperation Africa & Head of Africa Office of European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership and Professor Tumani Corrah, Co-President of Africa Research Excellence Fund. 

Programme

11.00-12.25: Session 1 - Researchers' experience of remaining barriers
  • 11.00-11.05: Opening remarks 
    • Speaker: Dr Toyin Togun, Co-Director of the LSHTM TB Centre and Associate Professor, LSHTM 
  • 11.05-11.10: Welcome address 
    • Speaker: Professor Anne Mills, Deputy Director & Provost, LSHTM and Professor of Health Economics and Policy, LSHTM 
  • 11.10-11.25: Presentation 1 - Overview of DGH of research as an issue 
  • 11.25-11.40: Presentation 2 - Sharing of current and planned funder initiatives to address DGH issues 
  • 11.40-12.25: Consultative session - Early/mid-career researchers (EMCRs) to discuss and share experience of barriers to securing grant funding to lead and drive their own research based on locally defined priorities. 
13.00-14.45: Session 2 - Approaches to overcome these barriers
  • 13.00-13.30: Presentation 3 - Selected researchers experience of what works 
    • Speakers:  
  • 13.30-14.15: Consultative session and Q&A - Identification of approaches to overcome the identified barriers from the perspectives of EMCRs. 
    • Moderators: 
  • 14.15-14.40: Plenary discussion - Synthesis of suggestions and identification of next steps 
  • 14.40-14.45: Closing  
    • Speaker: Dr Finn McQuaid, Co-Director of LSHTM TB Centre and Assistant Professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Collaborators logo - TB Centre, European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership,UK Collaborative on Development Research and Africa Research Excellence Fund

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