Project 3 of the Malawi-Amsterdam-Liverpool partnership programme

Project details

Title: Development of a Research Support Centre within the Post Graduate Institute of the College of Medicine (CoM), University of Malawi.
Project coordinator: Dr M. Boele van Hensbroek (Academic Medical Centre/Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Executer: to be determined
Running time: 15-12-2005 tot 15-12-2009

Project objectives

• To develop a Malawian owned, internationally recognised, Research Support Centre, which will: facilitate the ability of local researchers to design and conduct clinical research; introduce ICH-GCP quality research standards; contribute to capacity building through a comprehensive training programme; advance it’s capability to develop a significant research agenda and successfully compete for international research grants and to translate research findings into local health policy.
• To establish a platform in the College of Medicine for different (inter)national research groups to work in a complementary way on the control of malaria, HIV and TB. 
• To attract high-quality Malawian researchers by creating a stimulating research environment and providing re-entry grants (i.e. to reverse the brain-drain).