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Health Research: Essential Link to Equity and Development
Health Research: Essential Link to Equity and Development
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New York: Oxford University Press. The Commission on Health Research for Development, an independent international initiative, was formed in 1987 with the aim of improving the health of people in developing countries through a focus on research, in a belief in its enormous -- and, in great part, neglected -- power to accomplish that goal.
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However, of the $950 million devoted to research on health problems in developing countries, only $150 million was actually transferred to those countries. Almost half of the research funding on the health problems of people in the developing countries goes to support researchers in developed countries working in their own countries.
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2. Recommended priorities for internationally organized research programs are -- expanded support for the World Health Organization's tropical disease, human reproduction, and diarrheal disease control programs; -- rapidly expanded research on acute respiratory infections, emphasizing simple, effective treatment; -- improved methods for case detection, ambulatory treatment, and prevention of tuberculosis; -- national programs to eradicate micronutrient deficiencies, especially deficiencies of vitamin A, iron, and iodine; -- modifiable factors associated with a high risk of diabetes, coronary heart disease, and hypertension; -- behavioral interventions to reduce injuries, sexually transmitted diseases, and substance abuse; -- international collaborative research on mental health problems, emphasizing methods of diagnosing and dealing with the most prevalent and treatable conditions; and -- establishment of sustained international research networks in the most important areas of environmental and occupational health.
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4. Investment in health research and strengthening the capacities of tropical disease institutes, medical and public health schools, and development studies groups should be elevated to at least 2 percent of national health expenditures in developing countries and at least 5 percent of the health portfolios of development agencies, with greater investments as well by developed country research agencies, foundations, nongovernmental organizations, and the pharmaceutical industry to support research focused on the health problems of people in developing countries, with longer time horizons than is typical for most development assistance projects.
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In a way, the Commission has served this function in its own work -- an analysis of the situation with respect to research in developing countries and recommendations for strengthening the areas of research to which it would give priority. This recommendation of the Commission to establish an independent mechanism for monitoring and research exemplifies the ways in which the independent sector can ensure progress in other areas of development as an essential component of global governance.
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