PAM Consortium Pump-priming
Project Brief
Overview
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) multimorbidity, i.e. the presence of two or more long-term conditions (multiple LTCs) such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, and musculoskeletal pain is an increasing global health challenge with greater consequences and widening health inequalities for low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Objective
We aim to undertake pump-priming activities which will underpin a future grant application focused on the development and pilot implementation of culturally appropriate, context sensitive clinical guideline to support person-centred care for people with mLTCs in West-Africa.
Proposed activities for the pump-priming work over 12 months include:
- rapid scoping review of literature
- mapping of mLTCs policy related documents, stakeholders, and actors’ research / activities in Africa
- Workshops to contextualise gathered data and agree priorities with stakeholders including public contributors, policy makers, clinicians and researchers
- Training and capacity building of team members in preparation of future guideline development work.
This project will identify potential gaps, synergies and opportunities, that will enhance future mLTCs research and development of evidence-based policies in West-Africa. Though initially focused on West-Africa, this work is relevant to and could be potentially adapted to other LMIC settings in future.
The project is feasible and builds on existing partnerships, and MoU with University of Ibadan Nigeria and Keele UNiversity.