Domain | Positive Influences | Negative Influences | ||
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Financing & Sustainability | Access to Funding | Inability to access funding | ||
Continuity of funding | Short-term research funding | |||
Resources | Adequate and appropriate infrastructure | Demands of clinical service delivery limiting staff participation in research | ||
Stewardship & Leadership | North-South Partnerships | [24,25,26, 28, 34, 39, 46, 88, 91,92,93,94, 102, 104,105,106] | Weak scientific leadership | |
Capable leadership | Integrating new initiatives into existing systems | |||
Strong external (political) influence on institutions | ||||
Mentorship | Sustained mentorship | Absent mentorship | ||
Partnerships | Creating networking opportunities | Differing expectations of partners | [33] | |
Equity in collaboration/shared decision-making | [2, 3, 23, 26, 30, 33, 37, 39, 45, 88, 106, 111, 113,114,115] | |||
Sustained collaboration over time | [114] | |||
History of collaboration/pre-existing relationships | ||||
Production & Utilisation of Research | Ability to attract young dedicated scientists | Poor incentives to conduct research | ||
Research addressing policy gaps and local needs | Culture/attitude barriers | |||
Local leadership and claim-making | Difficulty publishing in international journals/scarcity of local journals | |||
Research governance structures | Low staff and stakeholder retention | |||
Favourable political conditions | Neglect of skills | |||
Failure to link research to policy |