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Characteristics of CRF research projects.
The characteristics of the CRF projects (see Table 2) were analyzed across 5

categories: (1) Project objective, (2) Type of Research, (3) Research methodology,
(4) Investigated diseases, and (5) Studies on mother and child.

As Table 2 reflects, the majority of projects focused on health service delivery
or health risk assessment (n = 40; 90.9%). Over half were basic research (n = 24, 54.5 %)
and the rest were of clinical (n = 7), epidemiology (n=3), and public health nature

(n = 10). Project themes were spread fairly and evenly across communicable (38.6%);
non-communicable (27.3%), mother-child health (36.3%) and mixed (34.1%).
For data collection, most projects rely on surveys (n = 33, 75%), while the rest employ

observational (n = 6), experimental (n = 3), and mixed methods (n = 2).

Table 2 Awarded CRF projects: Data are shown as numbers

JR MCR No. and % of Total (n=44)
Project Objective

• Service assessment 14 9 23 (52.2%)
• Risk assessment 12 5 17 (38.6%)
• Others 4 0 4
Research Types: 20/10 4/10 24/20
Basic/other
Method: Survey/other 21/9 12/2 33/11

Topics by disease
• Communicable 14 3 17 (38.6%)
• Non-communicable 9 3 12 (27.3%)
• Mixed & other 7 8 15 (34.1%)
Studied groups
• Mother & child: no (%) 9 (30%) 7(50%) 16 (36.3%)

JR = Junior Researchers, MCR = Mid-Career Researchers

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