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Global Health Econ Sustain

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
International scientific cooperation in public

health: A performance measurement framework
based on the “Syphilis No!” Project in Brazil

Thaisa Gois Farias de Moura Santos Lima 1,2 , Karilany Dantas Coutinho 2 ,
Natalia Araújo do Nascimento Batista * , Ruana Evangelista Galvão 2 ,
2,3
Bruna Fernandes de Araújo 2 , Iasmin Moreira Alves Martins 2 ,
Luca Pareja Credidio Freire Alves 2 , Manoel H. Romão 2,4 ,
Juciano de Sousa Lacerda 2 , Carlos Alberto Pereira de Oliveira 2,5 ,
Aline de Pinho Dias 2,6 , Priscila Sanara da Cunha 2 , Aliete Cunha Oliveira 7 ,
António Manuel Rochette Cordeiro 8 , Almudena Muñoz Gallego 9 ,
Maria Natália Pereira Ramos 10 , Carla Maria Bispo Padrel de Oliveira 10 ,
Rodrigo Pires de Campos 11,12 , and Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim 2

1 Parliamentary Advisor Formally Assigned to the Federal Senate, Ministry of Health, Brasilia,
Federal District, Brazil
2 Laboratory for Technological Innovation in Health (LAIS), Federal University of Rio Grande do
Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
3 Social Sustainability and Development Graduate Program, Open University of Portugal, Lisbon,
Portugal
Academic editor: 4 Distance Education and eLearning Graduate Program, Open University of Portugal/University of
Mihajlo Jakovljevic M.D. Ph.D. MAE Minho, Portugal
*Corresponding author: 5 Multidisciplinary Institute for Human Development with Technologies, State University of Rio de
Natalia Araújo do Nascimento Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Batista
(natalia.araujo@lais.huol.ufrn.br)
Citation: de Moura Santos
Lima, T.G.F., Coutinho, K.D., do Abstract
Nascimento Batista, N.A., et al.
International scientific cooperation In this article, we aim to propose indicators to evaluate the performance of
in public health: A performance international scientific cooperation in public health, based on the operation
measurement framework based on
the “Syphilis No!” Project in Brazil. experience in Brazil’s “Syphilis No!” Project. This is an action research project, based
Global Health Econ Sustain, 2(2): upon Kaplan and Norton’s Balanced Scorecard Method, developed in five stages: (i)
3037. Reorganization of the indicators, (ii) validation of the new indicators, (iii) construction
https://doi.org/10.36922/ghes.3037
of the dimensions of the indicators, (iv) data collection for the indicators, (v)
Received: February 28, 2024 development of the framework for the “Syphilis No!” Project. The metrics and 34
Accepted: March 28, 2024 indicators are presented and grouped into four dimensions: technical-scientific,
investment, products, and impact. The cooperation that emerged from the project
Published Online: May 13, 2024
has built an international research network that has the potential to transcend syphilis
Copyright: © 2024 Author(s). research. The framework demonstrated that international scientific cooperations,
This is an Open Access article focused on research and product development, have contributed to the promotion
distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution of public health policies and have enabled the exchange of knowledge, techniques,
License, permitting distribution, experiences, and technologies, fundamental to the international scientific
and reproduction in any medium, cooperation of Brazilian universities. This contribution will have implications for
provided the original work is
properly cited. studies in the field of international relations in health and education.
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