In 2020 the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), USA, published a report title “Landscape Analysis of Capacity Needs Assessments for Academic Partnerships in Global Health” in collaboration with the USAID funded the Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR) project, aiming at improving global health practices by strengthening the capacity of academic institutions between U.S. and low- and middle- income countries. A global survey was conducted with 117 respondents, where 64% were from U.S. and 36% from Sub- Saharan Africa, 8% from Asia. Most of the respondents were involved in research and education, and many of them also engaged in clinical and outreach programs. The study identifies funding, partnerships/collaboration, education, and research as top priorities for strengthening global health activities.
GlohMed investigator Dr. Suraj Bhattarai contributed to this study and report in the capacity of co-investigator and member of the ‘Landscape analysis technical working group’ for the CUGH-STAR project.
Reference: Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)/ USAID-STAR Project. 2020. Landscape Analysis of Capacity Needs Assessments for Academic Partnerships in Global Health. https://www.cugh.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/95/2020/10/Landscape-Analysis_Final-093020-1.pdf