Enabling dynamic partnerships through joint degrees between low- and high-income countries for capacity development in global health research: experience from the Karolinska Institutet/Makerere University partnership

Nelson Sewankambo; James K Tumwine; Göran Tomson; Celestino Obua; Freddie Bwanga; Peter Waiswa; Elly Katabira; Hannah Akuffo; Kristina E M Persson; Stefan Peterson

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001784

Enabling dynamic partnerships through joint degrees between low- and high-income countries for capacity development in global health research: experience from the Karolinska Institutet/Makerere University partnership

PLoS Med. 2015 Feb 3;12(2):e1001784. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001784. eCollection 2015 Feb.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Principal, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
² Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
³ Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Public Health Sciences, Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁶ Department of Public Health Sciences, Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁷ Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁸ Unit for Research Cooperation, Swedish International Development cooperation Agency (Sida), Stockholm, Sweden.
⁹ Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹⁰ Department of Public Health Sciences, Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; Department of Women's and Children's Health, International Maternal and Child Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Capacity Building*
Cooperative Behavior*
Developed Countries*
Developing Countries*
Education, Graduate*
Global Health*
Humans
Income
International Cooperation
Research / education*
Sweden
Uganda
Universities

Grants and funding

Research received funding from Karolinska Institutet internal resources and Sida. All Swedish authors benefitted from both, except HA. All Makerere authors, except NS, benefitted from Sida support for their research. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscripts.