Health Ministry begins work to bring in manpower for its Technical Resource Centres

Health Ministry begins work to bring in manpower for its Technical Resource Centres

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The Union Health Ministry along with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is working towards establishing Technical Resource Centres (TRC), which are mandated to systematically synthesise and evaluate evidence with the objective of developing and promoting evidence-based guidelines along with enhancing the adoption of these practices in healthcare.

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• Calling for Expression of Interest (EoI) from researchers/ faculty/ scientists for the centre, the ICMR noted that each TRC will have a financial support of up to ₹20 lakh per year and the duration of the funding will initially be three years, subject to performance reviews, and renewable every year.
• The TRC is supposed to conduct systematic reviews and meta-analyses to generate high-quality evidence for the development of clinical guidelines, utilising the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) approach, organise training programmes and workshops to disseminate best practices in evidence synthesis and the application of the GRADE methodology, supporting effective and rigorous guideline development.
• Also, regular monitoring visits will be conducted with corrective actions implemented as needed, training programmes are to be conducted at least twice a year, and professional development plans are to be updated annually and manuscripts to be submitted within three months of completion of evidence tables.
• The criteria for evaluation includes expertise in evidence synthesis, infrastructure and resources, publications and collaboration and networking.