Opportunities and challenges to non-communicable disease (NCD) research and training in Pakistan: a qualitative study from Pakistan.
Aysha AlmasSafia AwanGerald BloomfieldMuhammad Imran NisarSameen SiddiqiAsma AhmedSyed Asad AliSaad Hameed ShafqatZulfiqar Ahmed BhuttaDaniel Benjamin MarkPamela DouglasJohn BartlettTazeen Hasan JafarZainab SamadPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
We conclude from this qualitative study on NCD research and training that high-quality research training programmes for NCDs are rare. Such programmes need to be established with in-built protected time, career guidance and mentorship for the trainees to improve their research capacity in Pakistan.