[EQ] The Bamako call to action: research for health

The Bamako call to action: research for health

 

Editorial
The Lancet - Vol 372 - November 29, 2008

Website: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

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“…..An important focus of the call to action was to ensure that re search priorities were determined by countries, not global in stitutions. To this end, the multilateral contributors to Bamako—WHO, UNESCO, and the World Bank—were asked to promote, expand, and implement research strategies with an emphasis on listening to country agendas and responding to their priorities. The idea of Nov 18 as an annual World Day of Research for Health was proposed as one means to maintain attention on this lever for health improvement.

 

The Bamako call to action will now go to WHO’s Executive Board next January. It will be up to the governing bodies of WHO to devise all possible means to implement these urgent country requests. What was most encouraging about the Bamako process was the way in which politicians and experts engaged in an energetic exchange of serious ideas. Policy makers and scientists too often seem to exist in different worlds, missing every opportunity to learn from one another. In Mali, WHO and its partners succeeded in bringing these two worlds together to forge a remarkable alliance.

Last week’s deliberations were an example of what can be achieved through patient and persistent engagement. 2009 must be the year when the promises of Bamako are acted upon…”

 

Related websites:

 

PAHO/WHO: http://new.paho.org/Bamako2008eng   

 

 

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