Strengthening local capacity for abortion-related research in contexts with highly restrictive abortion laws: The case of STARS in Mali

被引：4

作者：

Sow, Samba ^{[1
]}

Izugbara, Chimaraoke ^{[2
]}

Diarra, Kounandji ^{[1
]}

Djiteye, Mahamane ^{[1
]}

Keita, Adama M. ^{[1
]}

Haidara, Fadima C. ^{[1
]}

Marlow, Heather ^{[2
]}

Leasure, Erin ^{[2
]}

Martell, Owen ^{[1
,3
]}

Ducker, Camilla ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Mali CVD Mali, Ctr Vaccine Dev, Cent Bamako, Mali

[2] USA ICRW, Int Ctr Res Women, Washington, DC 20036 USA

[3] Tro Da Ltd, Cardiff, Wales

来源：

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH | 2022年 / 26卷 / 12期

关键词：

Abortion; research capacity; Mali; STARS;

D O I：

10.29063/ajrh2022/v26i12s.12

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Strong local abortion research capacity is missing in many African countries. We report on the Strengthening Abortion Research Capacity in sub-Saharan Africa (STARS) program, an ongoing initiative to strengthen local capacity for abortion research in Mali, West Africa. We highlight the background, context, and methodology of the initiative as well as its achievements, challenges, and emerging lessons. Within a short time, STARS has initiated some key studies on abortion in Mali and created a much-needed platform for nurturing the country's next generation of abortion researchers, institutionalizing abortion research, increasing the quantity and quality of locally generated evidence on abortion, and facilitating evidence-informed abortion policy and programmatic action. The program's learning-by-doing approach has boosted the skills of individual researchers while also enhancing institution -based abortion and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) research expertise in Mali. Although STARS' capacity to deliver its mandate over time is evident, ultimate results will depend on the sustained commitment of funders to the program in the full realization that capacity building requires long-term investment and support for it to fully bear fruits. (Afr J Reprod Health 2022; 26[12s]: 110-118).

引用

页码：110 / 118

页数：9

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