Institutionalizing research capacity strengthening in LMICs: A systematic review and meta-synthesis.

: Evidence on effective strategies to ensure sustainability of research capacity strengthening interventions in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) institutions is lacking. This systematic review identified publications describing research capacity building programs and noted their effect, their contexts, and the mechanisms, processes and social actors employed in them. : We searched online databases for the period 2011-2018.