Directors Report Program Highlights

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Directors ReportProgram Highlights
December 2000 December 2001
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INCLEN Project Priority Matrix 2001 - 2005
 
  Notes Each program/project may cut across
several goals 1 Equity, 2 Efficiency, and/or
3 Quality. Additional signs
indicate strong emphasis on a specific goal.
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Leadership Management Program

• Goals
• reinforce the values and goals of the new
  INCLEN
• leadership management competencies throughout
  the Network
• strengthen INCLEN as a Network and research
  partner for health and development

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Features of LAMP

• inclusion of cross-cultural elements, to reflect
  INCLENs regional diversity
• use of strategies tailored to the realities of
  part-time professional peers
• emphasis on partnership development with other
  like-minded organizations

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Methods used in LAMP

• LAMP workshops at regional and global levels
• Modules and case studies
• Mentoring
• Regular electronic dialogues
• Digital work space
• Evaluation indicators (planned)
• Core group regional core groups

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Modules Developed(Version 1)

• Overview
• Strategic planning
• Demand creation for health research in developing
  countries
• Team coalition building
• Knowledge management
• Time management
• Ongoing Collaborative Training ProjectAHPSR,
  COHRED, GFHR

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Planning Meetings Workshops

• INCLEN SEA (June, Nov. 01)
• ChinaCLEN (Aug., Nov. 01)
• IndiaCLEN (June, Sept. 01)
• INCLEN-Africa (Oct. 01)
• LatinCLEN (Nov. 01, Apr 02)

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INCLEN ChildNET

• Re-established Oct. 2000
• Coordinator Dr S. Awasthi
• E-mail discussions
• Partnerships with USAID and GFHR
• Seed grant from USAID
• GFHR grant for mapping of CHRers in Asia

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Priority Concept Proposals

• Zinc supplementation in acute watery diarrhea
  dysentery
• Evaluation of short-course amoxycillin vs. SC
  co-trimoxazole in non-severe pneumonia
• Efficacy of zinc supplementation on severity and
  duration of pneumonia in preschool children
• Bacterial isolates, sensitivity patterns and
  neonatal invasion rates in delivery environments

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Other Concept Proposals

• Cost-effectiveness of algorithm-based package of
  neonatal care to reduce neonatal mortality
• Efficacy of antibiotic therapy for severe
  pneumonia, using IMCI guidelines
• Impact of lay counselor orientation on incidence
  and severity of IMCI target diseases
• Barriers and constraints in the IMCI referral
  process
• Evaluation of pediatric referral care in South
  America

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IndiaCLEn Infectious Diseases Child
Reproductive Health (IID CRH)

• IIDI grant expanded to CRH and extended to 2004
• Disease surveillance
• HIV/AIDS
• TB
• Interventions to prevent AMR
• Control program evaluations
• Expanded partnerships linkages

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Global Network on Perinatal Reproductive Health

• data analysis and manuscript writing workshops
  publications
• Upcoming GNPRH grant from Gates F. through T.
  Jefferson Hospital involves India

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Malaria Study Group(INCLEN-Africa and IndiaCLEN)

• Refinement of priority protocols (1) treatment
  of severe malaria in children (2) malaria
  treatment of mothers
• Participation in co-artem workshop for clinical
  monitors (WHO/TDR)
• IndiaCLEN List of priority topics involvement
  of govt control program WHO short list

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Emerging Initiatives

• Rational drug use Good Drug Prescribing
  ChinaCLEN, IndiaCLEN, INCLEN-Africa, LatinCLEN,
  in cooperation with WHO, DSPRUD
• Distance learning INCLEN-SEA (in collaboration
  with CCEB/UNewcastle), LatinCLEN (e-Health
  Innovation)

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Development Contacts

• Rockefeller F.- KM Center
• USAID CHR, Indian Mission, TASC, PVO
• WHO EDM, EIP, TDR, CHR, RH, WPRO
• PAHO
• CDC
• COHRED
• GFHR
• AHPSR
• U.S. AHRQ
• St. Lukes LSI
• Fogarty Center

• BM Gates F.-proposals on distance learning,
  leadership, WorldSAFE
• World Bank DGF
• IDRC
• SIDA/SAREC
• Thrasher F.
• Novartis F.
• Mass mailing gt200
• Potential European Clinical Trials Platform

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Partnerships Linkages

• USAID CHR Project partners JHU, ARCH, WHO,
  CPNR-B
• CTP APHSR, COHRED, GFHR
• MSH, CDC/ FETP management training program

• IEA
• Cochrane Collaboration
• SIDCER (Ethics)
• Global Health Council
• IMMPACT
• IBDN
• BMJ Clinical Evidence

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Information Systems

• INCLEN News 2001-02 (3 issues) on website
• INCLEN Trust website with hyperlinks to regional
  CLENs INCLEN partners
• Improved reporting format
• Budgeting finance manual
• Plans for improved database of human resources
  publications
• Grand plan knowledge management centers

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Regional CLENs

• Regional Meetings
• IndiaCLEN September 20-22, 2001
• INCLEN-Africa October 15-17, 2001
• INCLEN-SEA November 25-29, 2001
• ChinaCLEN November 3-5, 2001
• LatinCLEN April 4-6, 2002
• strategic planning and development of work plans
  major challenges
• IA as part of general INCLEN program?
• research capacity building plans under
  development