The Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (SHARE) Research Programme consortium is a programme funded by the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) that aims to contribute to achieving universal access to effective, sustainable, and equitable sanitation and hygiene worldwide. The capacity development component is an important pillar for this programme and different strategies were designed and implemented during the various phases of SHARE. This paper describes and reflects on the capacity-building strategies of this large multi-country research consortium, identifying lessons learnt and proposing recommendations for future global health research programmes. In the first phase, the strategy focused on increasing the capacity of individuals and institutions from low- and middle-income countries in conducting their own research. SHARE supported six PhD students and 25 MSc students, and organised a wide range of training events for different stakeholders. SHARE peer-reviewed all proposals that researchers submitted through several rounds of funding and offered external peer-review for all the reports produced under the partner's research platforms. In the second phase, the aim was to support capacity development of a smaller number of African research institutions to move towards their independent sustainability, with a stronger focus on early and mid-career scientists within these institutions. In each institution, a Research Fellow was supported and a specific capacity development plan was jointly developed.Strategies that yielded success were learning by doing (supporting institutions and postgraduate students on sanitation and hygiene research), providing fellowships to appoint mid-career scientists to support personal and institutional development, and supporting tailored capacity-building plans. The key lessons learnt were that research capacity-building programmes need to be driven by local initiatives tailored with support from partners. We recommend that future programmes seeking to strengthen research capacity should consider targeted strategies for individuals at early, middle and later career stages and should be sensitive to other institutional operations to support both the research and management capacities.

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非洲和亚洲卫生和个人卫生研究能力加强的经验：SHARE 研究联合会。

环境卫生应用研究促进公平 (SHARE) 研究计划联盟是由英国国际发展部 (DFID) 资助的一项计划，旨在促进在全球范围内普遍获得有效、可持续和公平的环境卫生和个人卫生。能力发展部分是该计划的重要支柱，在 SHARE 的不同阶段设计和实施了不同的战略。本文描述并反思了这个大型多国研究联盟的能力建设战略，确定了经验教训并为未来的全球卫生研究计划提出了建议。在第一阶段，该战略侧重于提高低收入和中等收入国家的个人和机构开展自己的研究的能力。SHARE 资助了 6 名博士生和 25 名硕士生，并为不同的利益相关者组织了范围广泛的培训活动。SHARE 对研究人员通过多轮资助提交的所有提案进行同行评审，并为合作伙伴研究平台下生成的所有报告提供外部同行评审。在第二阶段，目标是支持少数非洲研究机构的能力发展，以实现其独立的可持续性，并更加关注这些机构内处于职业生涯早期和中期的科学家。每个机构都支持一名研究员，并共同制定了具体的能力发展计划。取得成功的策略是边做边学（支持机构和研究生进行环境卫生和个人卫生研究）、提供奖学金以任命处于职业生涯中期的科学家支持个人和机构发展，以及支持量身定制的能力建设计划。吸取的主要经验教训是，研究能力建设计划需要由在合作伙伴支持下量身定制的当地举措来推动。我们建议，旨在加强研究能力的未来计划应考虑针对处于早期、中期和后期职业阶段的个人的针对性战略，并且应对其他机构运作敏感，以支持研究和管理能力。提供奖学金以任命处于职业生涯中期的科学家来支持个人和机构发展，并支持量身定制的能力建设计划。吸取的主要经验教训是，研究能力建设计划需要由在合作伙伴支持下量身定制的当地举措来推动。我们建议，旨在加强研究能力的未来计划应考虑针对处于早期、中期和后期职业阶段的个人的针对性战略，并且应对其他机构运作敏感，以支持研究和管理能力。提供奖学金以任命处于职业生涯中期的科学家来支持个人和机构发展，并支持量身定制的能力建设计划。吸取的主要经验教训是，研究能力建设计划需要由在合作伙伴支持下量身定制的当地举措来推动。我们建议，旨在加强研究能力的未来计划应考虑针对处于早期、中期和后期职业阶段的个人的针对性战略，并且应对其他机构运作敏感，以支持研究和管理能力。吸取的主要经验教训是，研究能力建设计划需要由在合作伙伴支持下量身定制的当地举措来推动。我们建议，旨在加强研究能力的未来计划应考虑针对处于早期、中期和后期职业阶段的个人的针对性战略，并且应对其他机构运作敏感，以支持研究和管理能力。吸取的主要经验教训是，研究能力建设计划需要由在合作伙伴支持下量身定制的当地举措来推动。我们建议，旨在加强研究能力的未来计划应考虑针对处于早期、中期和后期职业阶段的个人的针对性战略，并且应对其他机构运作敏感，以支持研究和管理能力。