A Global Health Reciprocal Innovation grant programme

5-Year Review With Lessons Learnt

Bibliographic Data

ID21878936
AuthorsLaura J Ruhl (0000-0001-6646-9977, AMPATH, corresponding author), Jepchirchir Kiplagat (0000-0002-7836-2138, AMPATH), Rishika O'Brien (Indiana University School of Medicine), Rishika Chauhan O'Brien (Center for Global Health), Kara Wools‐Kaloustian (0000-0002-3277-4452, AMPATH), Kara Wools-Kaloustian (Indiana University School of Medicine), MICHAEL SCANLON (0000-0002-0334-5640, Center for Global Health), David Plater (0000-0002-9373-4980, AMPATH), Melissa R Thomas (0000-0002-8000-7936, Regenstrief Institute), Sonak Pastakia (0000-0003-4259-695X, Purdue University West Lafayette), Rashmi Gopal-Srivastava (National Institutes of Health), Nydia Morales-Soto (0000-0003-1155-6293, University of Notre Dame), Winstone Nyandiko (0000-0002-7639-9287, Moi University), Rachel C Vreeman (AMPATH, Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare, Eldoret, Kenya), Rachel Vreeman (0000-0001-5460-8204, AMPATH), Debra K Litzelman (0000-0003-2162-8756, Regenstrief Institute), Jeremiah Laktabai (0000-0003-2198-6414, Moi University)
Year2023
Volume8
IssueSuppl 7
Pagese013585
Publication date2023-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMJ Global Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908
PublisherBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013585
PMID37977589
OpenAlexW4388775945
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

Unilateral approaches to global health innovations can be transformed into cocreative, uniquely collaborative relationships between low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HIC), constituted as ‘reciprocal innovation’ (RI). Since 2018, the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) and Indiana University (IU) Center for Global Health Equity have led a grants programme sculpted from the core elements of RI, a concept informed by a 30-year partnership started between IU (Indiana) and Moi University (Kenya), which leverages knowledge sharing, transformational learning and translational innovations to address shared health challenges. In this paper, we describe the evolution and implementation of an RI grants programme, as well as the challenges faced. We aim to share the successes of our RI engagement and encourage further funding opportunities to promote innovations grounded in the RI core elements. From the complex series of challenges encountered, three major lessons have been learnt: dedicating extensive time and resources to bring different settings together; establishing local linkages across investigators; and addressing longstanding inequities in global health research. We describe our efforts to address these challenges through educational materials and an online library of resources for RI projects. Using perspectives from RI investigators funded by this programme, we offer future directions resulting from our 5-year experience in applying this RI-focused approach. As the understanding and implementation of RI grow, global health investigators can share resources, knowledge and innovations that have the potential to significantly change the face of collaborative international research and address long-standing health inequities across diverse settings

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