Abstract

The Health Research Capacity Strengthening (HRCS) initiative is funded and managed by Wellcome Trust, the Department for International Development (DFID) and IDRC. Wellcome Trust and DFID have committed £10 million each toward the program. IDRC has joined the initiative as both funding and implementing partner. The inception phase of the initiative (103760) allowed national task forces in Kenya and Malawi to devise operational plans for their HRCS initiatives, and these proposals were reviewed and approved by all three funding partners. HRCS Kenya called for the establishment of a Consortium for National Health Research (CNHR), a new nongovernmental organization, to coordinate the health research effort and spearhead capacity building activities. This grant will support the development of CNHR to the point where it is ready to receive and disburse significant external funding directly. A learning component will capture lessons from the initiative and share them with other countries and institutions. The long-term goal is to enhance the quality of health interventions through the formulation and use of evidence-based policies.

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