Developing the African national health research systems barometer
| dc.contributor.author | Kirigia, Joses M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ota, Martin O | |
| dc.contributor.author | Senkubuge, Flavia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wiysonge, Charles S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mayosi, Bongani M | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-26T07:08:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-26T07:08:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-07-22 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-07-22T18:02:10Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: A functional national health research system (NHRS) is crucial in strengthening a country’s health system to promote, restore and maintain the health status of its population. Progress towards the goal of universal health coverage in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda will be difficult for African countries without strengthening of their NHRS to yield the required evidence for decision-making. This study aims to develop a barometer to facilitate monitoring of the development and performance of NHRSs in the African Region of WHO. Methods: The African national health research systems barometer algorithm was developed in response to a recommendation of the African Advisory Committee for Health Research and Development of WHO. Survey data collected from all the 47 Member States in the WHO African Region using a questionnaire were entered into an Excel spreadsheet and analysed. The barometer scores for each country were calculated and the performance interpreted according to a set of values ranging from 0% to 100%. Results: The overall NHRS barometer score for the African Region was 42%, which is below the average of 50%. Among the 47 countries, the average NHRS performance was less than 20% in 10 countries, 20–40% in 11 countries, 41–60% in 16 countries, 61–80% in nine countries, and over 80% in one country. The performance of NHRSs in 30 (64%) countries was below 50%. Conclusion: An African NHRS barometer with four functions and 17 sub-functions was developed to identify the gaps in and facilitate monitoring of NHRS development and performance. The NHRS scores for the individual sub-functions can guide policymakers to locate sources of poor performance and to design interventions to address them. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Kirigia, J. M., Ota, M. O., Senkubuge, F., Wiysonge, C. S., & Mayosi, B. M. (2016). Developing the African national health research systems barometer. <i>Health Research Policy and Systems</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20732 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Kirigia, Joses M, Martin O Ota, Flavia Senkubuge, Charles S Wiysonge, and Bongani M Mayosi "Developing the African national health research systems barometer." <i>Health Research Policy and Systems</i> (2016) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20732 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kirigia, J. M., Ota, M. O., Senkubuge, F., Wiysonge, C. S., & Mayosi, B. M. (2016). Developing the African national health research systems barometer. Health Research Policy and Systems, 14(1), 53. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1478-4505 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Kirigia, Joses M AU - Ota, Martin O AU - Senkubuge, Flavia AU - Wiysonge, Charles S AU - Mayosi, Bongani M AB - Background: A functional national health research system (NHRS) is crucial in strengthening a country’s health system to promote, restore and maintain the health status of its population. Progress towards the goal of universal health coverage in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda will be difficult for African countries without strengthening of their NHRS to yield the required evidence for decision-making. This study aims to develop a barometer to facilitate monitoring of the development and performance of NHRSs in the African Region of WHO. Methods: The African national health research systems barometer algorithm was developed in response to a recommendation of the African Advisory Committee for Health Research and Development of WHO. Survey data collected from all the 47 Member States in the WHO African Region using a questionnaire were entered into an Excel spreadsheet and analysed. The barometer scores for each country were calculated and the performance interpreted according to a set of values ranging from 0% to 100%. Results: The overall NHRS barometer score for the African Region was 42%, which is below the average of 50%. Among the 47 countries, the average NHRS performance was less than 20% in 10 countries, 20–40% in 11 countries, 41–60% in 16 countries, 61–80% in nine countries, and over 80% in one country. The performance of NHRSs in 30 (64%) countries was below 50%. Conclusion: An African NHRS barometer with four functions and 17 sub-functions was developed to identify the gaps in and facilitate monitoring of NHRS development and performance. The NHRS scores for the individual sub-functions can guide policymakers to locate sources of poor performance and to design interventions to address them. DA - 2016-07-22 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1186/s12961-016-0121-4 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Health Research Policy and Systems KW - National health research systems performance KW - Research for health governance KW - Research production and utilization KW - Research financing KW - Research coordination LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 SM - 1478-4505 T1 - Developing the African national health research systems barometer TI - Developing the African national health research systems barometer UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20732 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-016-0121-4 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20732 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Kirigia JM, Ota MO, Senkubuge F, Wiysonge CS, Mayosi BM. Developing the African national health research systems barometer. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2016; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20732. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
| dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Medicine | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.holder | The Author(s). | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | Health Research Policy and Systems | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/ | |
| dc.subject | National health research systems performance | |
| dc.subject | Research for health governance | |
| dc.subject | Research production and utilization | |
| dc.subject | Research financing | |
| dc.subject | Research coordination | |
| dc.title | Developing the African national health research systems barometer | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |