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 GHIN International Workshop took place in Dublin from 19-23 November.

The five day Dublin workshop brought together representatives of 15 research teams conducting studies in 15 countries receiving global health initiative funding for HIV/AIDS control. The workshop also included the coordinating teams based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, as well as researchers from four other northern institutions.

One day of the workshop (Thursday) included global stakeholders, and was hosted by Irish Aid.  Stakeholders included representatives from the bilateral donors (Irish Aid, DANIDA, DFID and USAID), the World Bank, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, PEPFAR, UNAIDS, WHO and civil society organisations (Open Society Institute and Centre for Global Development).

Objectives

The one-day meeting with stakeholders had the following objectives:

  • To disseminate preliminary findings from the first phase of research to stakeholders and colleagues
  • To debate the policy implications of preliminary findings and the needs of stakeholders in relation to 2008 research priorities, advocacy and dissemination

The week-long meeting included the above objectives as well as the following:

  • To share lessons and explore challenges on research methods, data collection and analysis
  • To explore conceptual and theoretical frameworks to support analysis of data, especially across countries
  • To identify and explore cross-cutting themes across countries and regions
  • To plan research outputs including peer-reviewed journal articles, presentations at conferences, policy briefings and inputs to global and national policy processes
  • To plan dissemination strategies at country and global levels
  • To plan 2008 fieldwork
  • To advance discussions around coordination and interactions with other related evaluations/studies (including GF5YE, CGD, PEPFAR-related evaluations).

 Presentations

Sponsored by DFID, Danida, Irish Aid