title: Capacity building for research: report on a UNION Strategic Planning Workshop. Report of a workshop held during the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease World Conference on Lung Health, Montreal, Canada, 7 October 2002.
abstract: The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (UNION) has a decade of experience in conducting short courses on research methods for the promotion of lung health. In a parallel initiative, the UNION has collaborated with the American Thoracic Society (ATS) to develop courses on international respiratory epidemiology that have been expanded by the ATS throughout Latin America. The two initiatives have similar aims, and the courses offered by the two organisations have intentionally been similar in terms of focus and complementary in regions targeted. The target regions of the UNION, drawing on several decades of experience in offering short courses on tuberculosis, have been Africa, the Black Sea Rim, the Middle East and Asia, while the target regions of the ATS have been Central and South America. This workshop aimed first to provide an opportunity for those who have taught on the courses and those who have participated to share their experiences and learn from them, and second to provide a basis on which to develop a strategic plan for future courses. This report summarises the contributions of the workshop participants and the conclusions reached.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine, University of Cape Town (UCT) Lung Institute, Cape Town, South Africa. nwhite@uctgsh1.uct.ac.za
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D012955:Societies, Medical