A5018436575- Global Health and Surgery
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Community Health and Development
- Higher Education Governance and Development
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
University of Toronto
2020-2025
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
2020-2025
World Health Organization
2012-2025
Public Health Ontario
2020-2025
University of Ottawa
2025
United Nations Children's Fund India
2020-2022
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
2014
World Health Organization - Pakistan
2013-2014
review the programme’s scientific and technical activities. TDR’s placement within United Nations system provides close collaboration with country offices of not only World Health Organization but also other co-sponsoring agencies UNICEF UNDP, Bank. As a consequence, those who are supported by TDR often work closely disease control programmes as well international organizations. Regular reviews research capacity strengthening have helped reorient strategy needed, shifting focus from...
The monitoring and evaluation of health research capacity strengthening (health RCS) commonly involves documenting activities outputs using indicators or metrics. We sought to catalogue the types being used evaluate RCS assess potential gaps in quality coverage. purposively selected twelve evaluations maximize diversity RCS, funders, countries, approaches evaluation. explored extracted them into a matrix across individual, institutional, national/regional/network levels, based on ESSENCE...
Health diplomacy traditionally relies on consensus-building across nations, yet the accelerating integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into health systems poses new governance challenges. Rapidly changing geopolitical conditions—exemplified by shifts in U.S. global funding and expansion AI beyond national boundaries—underscore urgency rethinking traditional approaches. This paper, based insights from Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2025 side meeting “Navigating Future: & Global...
Health research capacity strengthening (RCS) projects are often complex and hard to evaluate. In order inform health RCS evaluation efforts, we aimed describe compare key characteristics of existing frameworks: their process development, purpose, target users, structure, content coverage important issues. A secondary objective was explore what use had been made the ESSENCE framework, which attempts address one such issue: harmonising requirements different funders. We identified analysed...
Strengthening research capacity in low- and middle-income countries is one of the most effective ways advancing their health development but complexity heterogeneity strengthening (RCS) initiatives means it difficult to evaluate effectiveness. Our study aimed enhance understanding about these difficulties make recommendations how RCS evaluations more effective. Through discussions surveys funders, including ESSENCE on Health Research initiative, we identified themes that were important...
(1) Introduction. The Structured Operational Research and Training IniTiative (SORT IT) supports countries to build operational research capacity for improving public health. We assessed whether health workers trained through SORT IT were contributing the COVID-19 pandemic response if so, (2) map where how they applying their skills. Methods. An online questionnaire survey of alumni between 2009 2019. (3) Results. Of 895 from 93 countries, 652 (73%) responded 417 in 72 countries. those...
PerspectivesStrengthening health research capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is a recognized way to advance development. Numerous approaches strengthening exist at different levels, including train-ing for individuals, improving systems within institutions, inter-national collaborations among national agencies.
The Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative (SORT IT) model has contributed to building research capacity produced evidence for improving public health program performance in countries with limited capacity. involves hands-on mentorship consists of three modules/weeks. It is recognized be an innovative model. In a world changed by COVID-19, where bringing people together not viable, innovative, interactive, web-based, knowledge-transfer platform (e-SORT virtual implementation...
Fifty years after the formation of Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, <b>John Reeder</b>, <b>Garry Aslanyan</b>, <b>Makiko Kitamura</b> review their organisation's progress on advancing inclusive internationalism health research
The ESSENCE on Health Research initiative established a Working Group Review of Investments in 2018 to improve coordination and collaboration among funders health research capacity strengthening. comprises more than dozen members, including diverse representation by geography, country income level, the public sector, philanthropy.The overall goal is increased national priorities as well improved pandemic preparedness, and, ultimately, fewer countries with very limited capacity.We developed...
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed gaps in global health systems, especially the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Evidence shows that patients with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are at higher risk of contracting suffering direct indirect consequences. Considering future challenges such as environmental disasters pandemics to LMICs digital interventions (DHI) well poised strengthen care resilience. This study aims implement evaluate a comprehensive package DHIs integrated...
Introduction: Adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment as an important determinant for the successful cure of patients can be increased by focusing on patient satisfaction. The objective this study was evaluate satisfaction with TB services, different aspects satisfaction, and demographic, health characteristics associated satisfaction.
 Methodology: Overall 505 randomly selected that received during 2014-2015 in Armenia underwent a cross-sectional telephone survey. Patient items were...
Abstract How universities, respected for their position at the apex of learning, employ competency frameworks in order to increase learning impacts is acknowledged by authors as a researchable problem. The respective natures universities and professional work, latter, which often intensely integral means that have take on board managerial well philosophical learning. This article explores how staff six Professional Competency Framework Research Management Administration (PCF-RMA) bring about...
The fast growth of global health initiatives (GHIs) has raised concerns regarding achievement coherence and synergy among distinct, complementary sometimes competing activities. Herein, we propose an approach to compare GHIs with regard their main purpose operational aspects, using the Special Programme for Research Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR/WHO) as a case study. overall goal is identify synergies optimize efforts provide solutions reduce burden diseases. Twenty-six long-established...
Introduction: In efforts to reach the 2020 Tuberculosis targets, WHO advocates for an outpatient, people-centered model of TB care. To this end, care system in Armenia underwent structural and financing reforms 2014. Financing mechanism inpatient facilities was changed from a fee per bed/day mixed type that includes fixed variable costs eliminating incentives unnecessary extended hospitalizations. Unfortunately, outpatient continue be financed through per-capita mechanism, resulting high...
Introduction: Ukraine has gaps in Tuberculosis (TB) service coverage, especially key populations (KPs). We compared effectiveness of three different strategies for active TB detection among KPs and their linkage to treatment during time periods.
 Methodology: The included people who inject drugs (PWID), sex workers (SW), men have with (MSM) groups at-risk (ex-prisoners, Roma homeless). case finding decentralized symptom screening specimen collection (2014, strategy-1), patient referred...
Introduction: WHO End TB Strategy aims at achieving targets of 90% mortality reduction and 80% in tuberculosis (TB) incidence by 2030, recommending better addressing multidrug-resistant (MDR-TB) issues key populations.
 Aim: The study aimed having a snapshot the epidemiological characteristics populations among new patients, registered Tajikistan during 2017.
 Methodology: A cross-sectional was conducted, using official registration data for all case notification Results:...
<h3>Key Messages</h3> Implementation research (IR) is an emerging area that helps and public health programs achieve impact at scale. We sought to collate share funders9 experiences with funding of IR activities in low- middle-income countries (LMICs). identified grouped the strategies into 7 approaches are considered important when supporting LMICs. Our analysis offers broad direction guidance agencies related partner organizations on elements consider implementing Ultimately, this work...