Clark Element | Theme Explaining an Interest in Partnering with Focus Universities in East Africa | Types of Activities |
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Steering/Managerial Core, includes central administration, Deans and Chairs | Internationalisation by way of “global health” | • Seed funding • Establish policies • Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) • Prioritize/institutionalize specific partnerships at the department of faculty level. • Visit international partners |
Academic Heartland – research & training | Conduct research • Access to expertise (knowledge) or an opportunity that their institution or country lacks. • Essential to mandate Education – respond to trainee interest | • Towards post-graduate degrees (Master’s & PhDs), publications, expanded research network • Novel research in tropical medicine • Secure sites for trainee placements (undergraduate and Master’s) for service placements, exposure to research methods, electives, practicums). |
Development Periphery – centres and programmes engaged in outreach | Global Health Centres/Institutes explore, develop, coordinate and support activities and partnerships to achieve stated objectives set by the Steering Core | • International partnerships and networking • Provide and support opportunities of interest to Academic Heartland |
Diversified Funding Base – additional to traditional government sources and overhead from research grants | Funding a • Second stream – soft money • Third stream – soft money or discretionary funds | • Grants and contracts from research councils • Local government, philanthropic, foundations, student fees |
New Element | ||
Global Health as equality – belief that quality health care should be available universally.b | Social Responsibility • Addressing the higher-burden of disease and health inequity in a manner that builds and/or strengthens health professional programmes in LMICs | • Establishment of new degree programmes • Support the use of new pedagogy institutional-wide • Fully-funded exchange opportunities for students of their international partner • Infrastructure development (help secure funding for new buildings (e.g. hospital, laboratories) • Service delivery (i.e. patient care) |