{"id":1371,"date":"2024-11-12T10:59:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T10:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2024-11-12T11:50:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T11:50:48","slug":"implementation-research-project-introduction-and-stakeholder-engagement-at-district-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/12\/implementation-research-project-introduction-and-stakeholder-engagement-at-district-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Implementation Research Project Introduction and Stakeholder Engagement at District Level"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From 25<sup>th<\/sup> September to 2<sup>nd<\/sup> October 2024, <strong>Antony Nyerere<\/strong> and <strong>Fredy Mlowe<\/strong>, two of NeuroSolve&#8217;s project PhD students, paid a field visit to four district councils in Tanzania, from which they expect to collect data that will answer to research questions in the coming three years.\u00a0With strong assistance and support from <strong>Professor Helena Ngowi <\/strong>and<strong> Dr. Ernatus Mkupasi<\/strong>, they successfully introduced the NeuroSolve Project, its goals, and the research plan and activities to the respective administrative officials of all the four district councils visited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They managed to visit all four tanzanian district councils as planned as named below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Songwe<\/strong> <strong>District Council<\/strong> (Southern Highlands)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mbinga<\/strong> <strong>District Council<\/strong> (Southern Highlands)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kongwa<\/strong> <strong>District Council <\/strong>(Central Zone)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mbulu<\/strong> <strong>District Council <\/strong>(Northern Highlands)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following are the district councils management officials targeted in the visit, namely:&nbsp;Chairperson of the District Council, District Executive Director (DED), District Medical Officer, District Livestock Officer\/District Veterinary Officer, District Health Officer, District Agricultural, Livestock and Fisheries Officer, District Community Development Officer, District Education Officers (primary and secondary levels), District Development Planning Officer, District Media Officer, Council Clark Officer, and Rural Water Supply Authority Manager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that regard, they managed to meet all intended officials, making a total of 52 officials visited in all four district councils, 13 officials from each council. In Mbulu district, they were lucky to engage a Member of Parliament, who fully attended the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As project\u2019s lead investigators and in support from NeuroSolve field visit team, Prof. Helena Ngowi and Dr. Ernatus Mkupasi highlighted the NeuroSolve Project\u2019s history and main goals, emphasizing its potential to significantly improve the public health outcomes in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As leading researchers and PhD students in their respective research areas, they highlighted their main and specific research objectives in the study district councils, describing key respondents they expect to engage in their research activities, and what they would wish and expect of them in support of their research activities. In addition, they provided room for their inputs, especially on whatever they think would work for them and for NeuroSolve project in ensuring that the research activities are being run smoothly in the coming three years of their stay and constant visits in their councils.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interactive approach used provided very constructive and supportive inputs from the district councils\u2019 management officials. It provided room for them to speak their minds and what they expect of our research activities and the NeuroSolve Project goals and outputs in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of the research objectives and activities, they were very open to contribute to what they thought would improve and simplify the working in their councils. For example, they insisted on engaging the Media, Environmental Officials, and Local Leaders at the suburb levels in ensuring that our research agender is communicated and addressed to the right stakeholders. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The field visit was highly successful, with active engagement from district leaders. The&nbsp;NeuroSolve project  was well-received, with the district councils\u2019 management expressing their strong support for the project\u2019s potential to improve public health and economic outcomes in their councils and the nation at large. Moving forward, the next step is to pilot test the proposed data collection tools after which the actual data collection will be started in the respective district councils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos taken during our visits in Songwe, Mbinga, Kongwa, and Mbulu Councils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image.png 886w, https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-730x330.png 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photograph 1:<\/strong> NeuroSolve Project-SUA: Field visit at Songwe District Council, Tanzania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"888\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1.png 888w, https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1-768x345.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-29e57f43aeb46917a78d8e4ac9bfb1db\"><strong>Photograph 2: <\/strong>NeuroSolve Project-SUA: Field visit at Mbinga Council, Tanzania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2.png 950w, https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2-768x345.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photograph 3: <\/strong>NeuroSolve Project-SUA: Field visit at Mbulu Council, Tanzania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-3.png 932w, https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-3-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-3-768x345.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photograph 4: <\/strong>NeuroSolve Project-SUA: Field visit at Kongwa District Council<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 25th September to 2nd October 2024, Antony Nyerere and Fredy Mlowe, two of NeuroSolve&#8217;s project PhD students, paid a field visit to four district &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1386,"href":"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions\/1386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neurosolve.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}