INASP funds CREAMS

CREAMS is a health research support firm (Company Registration No. 11750 under the Companies Act No. 19 of 1984 of the Government of Malawi).

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INASP funds CREAMS to assist in linking health research
to policy in Malawi

The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) has funded
Clinical Research Education and Management Services (CREAMS) Ltd with a grant amounting
to US$4,470 to begin a process of building capacity to interpret health research findings
into relevant policy and practice within the Ministry of Health in Malawi. The funded project
by CREAMS is entitled “Engaging policy makers and partners in Malawi for evidence based
decision making in health services delivery”.

The project which will run from March 2013 to November 2013 will comprise:

• 3 quarterly group discussions conducted between key staff in the Health Research
Directorate of Ministry of Health, Staff from College of Medicine of Malawi and a
bibliographer

• Extraction of key relevant research findings from the CREAMS bibliographic database
to build a case study

• Exposing gaps in the area of linking research with policy that will lead to resource
mobilisation for building a long lasting capacity for interpreting health research
findings into relevant policy and practice within Malawian Ministry of Health
• 1 dissemination workshop to Ministry of Health and its key partners in Malawi

• Publish a final report in November 2013.

A second MoH-CREAMS meeting take place in Lilongwe

A second meeting of partners forming a committee working towards formation of a Knowledge Translation Platform (KTP) for the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Malawi took place at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe on 12 June 2013. This is part of a series of meetings funded by CREAMS through a grant from INASP. The inclusion of CREAMS on this platform

was agreed at the first meeting that took place at Community Health Sciences Unit (CHSU) in Lilongwe on 8 May 2013. The ministry envisages that the KTP will comprise many partners with complementary expertise. The national bibliographic database of CREAMS is the first

contribution to the process of creation of KTP. Beyond this initial contribution CREAMS has been mandated with production of policy briefs and pave the way towards building capacity for Systematic Reviews within the MoH Research Unit. CREAMS will lead the working group in the production of a Reproductive and Maternal Health Policy Brief before the end of

2013.

CREAMS hold the first face to face course on Introduction to Good Clinical

Practice – GCP

On 11 June 2013 CREAMS held its first face to face one day training on Introduction to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) in Lilongwe. The participants of the course which took place at

National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives offices drew a total of 11 trainees: 4 from Mzuzu Central Hospital, 2 from Kasungu District Hospital, 1 from Malawi College of Health

Sciences, 3 from CREAMS and 1 from Ministry of Health Research Unit. Richard Benjamin of CREAMS did a demonstration of online research publications searches and archiving using endnote as part of the training.

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