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Objetivo: Establecer la metodología y los principales actores en la conformación de una red de gestión de conocimiento, investigación e innovación en salud materna en Colombia. Metodología: Enfoque triangular, cuyo componente principal es cualitativo con complemento cuantitativo, de alcance descriptivo, articulado en tres procesos centrales: levantamiento de información, sistemas de información y generación del conocimiento; dividido en dos etapas: planificación - conformación y madurez - sostenibilidad. Resultados: La información recolectada permitió identificar los actores que trabajan en áreas relacionadas a la salud materna en los territorios y los tipos de actividades que estos realizan: social, académica, investigativa, prestación de servicios de salud. Se delimitaron cinco regiones geográficas de influencia donde intervienen los actores, el 66,7% (97) se encuentran ubicados en la región andina, el 21,1% (31) se encuentran ubicados en la región caribe; el 6,1% (9) se encuentran ubicado en la región amazonia y el 2,7 % (4) se encuentra ubicados tanto en la región de la Orinoquia y 3,4% (5) de la región pacífica. Conclusiones: La conformación de esta red proporcionará una plataforma estratégica para la generación y gestión del conocimiento en salud materna que permitirá impulsar proyectos de investigación e innovación de manera colaborativa, apoyando la toma de decisiones para la intervención, desarrollo e implementación de políticas nacionales de salud pública en el marco del cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en Colombia
Objective: To establish the methodology and the main actors to forming a knowledge management, research, and innovation network in maternal health in Colombia. Methods: A triangular approach, whose main component is qualitative with a quantitative complement, with a descriptive scope, articulated in three main processes: information gathering, information systems and knowledge generation; divided into two stages: planning - conformation and maturity - sustainability. Results: The information collected made it possible to identify the actors who work in areas related to maternal health in the territories and the types of activities they carry out: social, academic, research, provision of health services. Five geographical regions of influence where the actors intervene were delimited, 66.7% (97) are in the Andean region, 21.1% (31) are located in the Caribbean region; 6.1% (9) are located in the Amazon region and 2.7% (4) are located both in the Orinoquia region and 3.4% (5) in the Pacific region. Conclusions: The formation of this network will provide a strategic platform for the generation and management of knowledge in maternal health that allows promoting research and innovation projects in a collaborative manner, supporting decision-making for the intervention, development, and implementation of national health policies in the framework of compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals in Colombia
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Introduction Collaboration is one of the defining features of contemporary scientific research, and it is particularly important with regard to neglected diseases that primarily affect developing countries. Methods The present study has identified publications on leishmaniasis in the Medline database from 1945 to 2010, analyzing them according to bibliometric indicators and statistics from social network analysis. Examining aspects such as scientific production, diachronic evolution, and collaboration and configuration of the research groups in the field, we have considered the different types of Leishmania studied and the institutional affiliation and nationality of the authors. Results Seven-hundred and thirty-five authors participate in 154 prominent research clusters or groups. Although the most predominant and consolidated collaborations are characterized by members from the same country studying the same type of Leishmania, there are also notable links between authors from different countries or who study different clinical strains of the disease. Brazil took the lead in this research, with numerous Brazilian researchers heading different clusters in the center of the collaboration network. Investigators from the USA, India, and European countries, such as France, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Italy, also stand out within the network. Conclusions Research should be fostered in countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal, Sudan, and Ethiopia, where there is a high prevalence of different forms of the disease but limited research development with reference authors integrated into the collaboration networks. .