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FYI: WHO's perspective on health research prioritization.
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Elizabeth


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Subject: [EQ] Health research prioritization at WHO - An overview of methodology and analysis

Health research prioritization at WHO
An overview of methodology and high level analysis of WHO led health research priority setting exercises

Roderik F. Viergever - Edited by: Robert Terry and Malebona P. Matsoso
September 2010 - Department of Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property, World Health Organization, Geneva
WHO strategy on research for health, Department of Research Policy and Cooperation – September 2010

Available online PDF [29p.] at: http://bit.ly/95pVBI

“……As an initial step towards mapping and identifying research priorities globally, this report describes a review of health research priority setting exercises that have been organized or coordinated through WHO headquarters (HQ) since 2005.

The majority of these exercises are undertaken with a view to identifying global health research priorities and usually draw on a wide range of stakeholders. Hence, the priorities that have been set by these exercises can be viewed as indicative of global health research priorities.

The review analysed methodologies used to prioritize research and assessed the number of research priority setting exercises that were performed per health area. As such, it informs both the potential for undertaking a global health research prioritization exercise, as well as the necessity of increased guidance on methods for health research prioritization….”

“……This project had two main goals. Firstly, to provide an overview of methodologies used for research priority setting by WHO HQ departments. Secondly, it intended to acquire an estimate of the volume of research priority setting per health area by a simple measure of the number of activities in that area. This can provide an initial insight into whether the depth of this work is greater in some health areas than in others as an indicator of research gaps…..”

Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
Summary of findings
Discussion
Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property
WHO strategy on research for health
Introduction
Methods for research priority setting
Mapping global R&D
Methods
Data collection
Assessment of employed methods
Assessment of volume of research priority setting per health area
Limitations
Results
Catalogue
Assessment of employed methods
Assessment of volume of research priority setting per health area
Discussion
Options for next steps
Guidance on the process of research prioritization
Coordination of research prioritization
On a national level
On a global level - Is there a need for global health research priorities?
Possible approaches to research priority setting on a global level
Overall note on periodicity
Health systems research priorities
Elements that were not discussed

Appendix 1 - Quality assessment framework for information products whose main purpose was research priority setting
Appendix 2 - Information products by WHO HQ whose main purpose was research priority setting per ePub level 1 health topic
Appendix 3 - Information products by WHO HQ with research priority setting per health topic – per ePub level 2
Appendix 4 - Information products by WHO HQ with research priority setting per department
Annex - Previous research on research priority setting at WHO
Analysis of research priority setting practices at WHO
Normative work
Research priority setting exercises
References

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