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Table 4 Different expectations in North- South-South collaboration for building HRH

From: Protecting health workers from infectious disease transmission: an exploration of a Canadian-South African partnership of partnerships

Expected outputs activity area

Expected outputs for Northern partner

Expected outputs for leading Southern partner institution

Expected outputs for local Southern health system/hospital partners

Research & New Insights

 Scholarly publications (peer reviewed)- with lead authorship on some and co-authorship on others

 Further grant funding

 Scholarly publications (peer reviewed)- with lead authorship on some and co-authorship on others

 Manuals and working papers for local implementation, promoting problem-solving and surveillance, with potential for scale-up

 Participation in scholarly publications usually as co-authors

 Manuals and working papers for local implementation, promoting problem-solving and surveillance

 Receipt of simple knowledge-translation products that can be used for local impact

Teaching & Learning

 Training of graduate and post graduate students leading to successful project papers/theses of Northern students

 Professional mentoring of Southern leaders

 Respectful bi-directional capacity-building

 Training of graduate and postgraduate students leading to successful project papers/theses of Southern students

 Development of local health professionals and paraprofessionals in train-the-trainer approach

 Respectful bi-directional capacity-building

 Training of healthcare workers leading to greater confidence in fulfilling their healthcare responsibilities

 Development of local health professionals and paraprofessionals and trained trainers who can continue the work

 Respectful bi-directional capacity-building

Service & Practice

 University/hospital service (curriculum development, sharing lessons)

 Participation in professional associations - national (Northern) and international

 Insights from applying policies and procedures in high risk circumstances

 Fulfilling institutional mandate

 Participation on national committees for policy development and implementation

 Professional associations - national (Southern), international

 Surveillance of overall effectiveness of policies and procedures

 Fulfilling hospital/health system mandate, with improved policies and practices implemented in the workplace

 Participation on local committees for policy development and implementation

 Professional associations - local

 Documentation on effectiveness of policies and procedures