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An External Evaluation on the INCLEN Research Program to Emphasize the Public Health Significance of Childhood Pneumonia in India

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Abstract

Objective

An independent external evaluation of the International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) research program to emphasize the public health significance of childhood pneumonia in India.

Method

An independent evaluation based on desk reviews of available documents and reports, site visits to study sites, and structured interviews with study investigators, technical advisory group (TAG) members, INCLEN staff and the donor agency.

Findings

The program elicited responses from a range of investigators across India. The selection process was transparent and objective, and the selected projects were of public health significance. The support provided through the program strengthened research capacity and improved study outputs. However, the available expertise was not fully exploited and protocol deviations in a few studies resulted in suboptimal outputs.

Conclusions

The program represented a new and positive paradigm for research support in India, though a few improvements may result in greater impact for future programs.

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Funding

Funding: This work was supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through The INCLEN Trust International (Grant number: OPP1084307). The funding source had no contribution in study design, implementation, collection and interpretation of data and report writing. Competing interest: None stated.

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  1. MMGH Consulting GmbH, Kuerbergstrasse 1, 8049, Zurich, Switzerland

    Thomas Cherian

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, 110095, India

    Piyush Gupta

  3. Department of Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India

    Kurien Thomas

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TC, PG, KT: evaluation undertaken and findings were analyzed and interpreted; TC: initial draft report was penned; KT,PG: intellectual inputs. All authors have approved the final report and take full responsibility for its contents.

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Correspondence to Piyush Gupta.

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Cherian, T., Gupta, P. & Thomas, K. An External Evaluation on the INCLEN Research Program to Emphasize the Public Health Significance of Childhood Pneumonia in India. Indian Pediatr 58, 1074–1076 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-021-2376-2

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