Global Forum Update on Research for Health Volume 4:
Equitable access: Research challenges for health in developing countries
Global Forum for Health Research and Pro-Brook Publishing
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"All countries need to step up efforts to increase investment in health research, to organize strong systems for innovative research and to bring value products from scientific research into production. At the same time, full use should be made of scientific evidence, and we should also work to bridge gaps between decision-making and scientific research." Chen Zhu, Minister of Health, People's Republic of
In the fourth volume of Global Forum Update on Research for Health, 30 of the leading institutions and public health professionals from across the world reflect about the current state of research for health in ensuring equitable access.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pramilla Senanayake, Foreword
Stephen A Matlin, Introduction
Access to health
Chen Zhu, Strengthening health systems towards better health outcomes
Davidson R Gwatkin, Recent trends in research on health equity
Lucy Gilson and Helen Schneider, Understanding health service access: concepts and experience
Syed Masud Ahmed, Combining health and social protection measures to reach the ultra poor: experiences of BRAC
Trudo Lemmens and Ron A Bouchard, Mandatory clinical trial registration: rebuilding public trust in medical research
Rodrigo A Salinas, Open access to research protocols and results: intellectual property and the right to health
Sharon Friel, Ruth Bell, Tanja AJ Houweling and Sebastian Taylor, A social determinants approach to health equity
Leslie London, Making human rights work for the public's health: equity and access
Lenore Manderson, Inequality, marginalization and poor health
Graham Thornicroft, Discrimination as a barrier to accessing mental health care
Maud MTE Huynen, Pim Martens and Henk BM Hilderink, The diverse pathways from globalization to health
Innovation
Glaudina Loots, Towards the development of a Health Innovation Strategy for South Africa
Anatole Krattiger, Using the power of intellectual property to strengthen equitable access
Paul Wilson and Robert Hecht, Financing of vaccine R&D – gaps and opportunities for innovation
Alan R Gillespie, Child immunization: accelerating equitable access through innovative financing
Andrew Y Kitua, Being healthy: the role of research
Ariel Pablos-Méndez and Ramesh Shademani, The role of Knowledge Translation in bridging the “know-do gap”
Research resources
Gustavo Kourí, María G Guzmán, José Luis Pelegrino, Alicia Reyes, Luis Estruch, Niviola Cabrera, Research impact on equitable access in health: the Cuban experience
Judith A Oulton and Patricia Caldwell, Nursing research: meeting today’s health challenges – perspectives from the International Council of Nurses
Mary Ann D Lansang and Rodolfo J Dennis, The need to develop research capacity
Kirsten M Vogelsong, Henry L Gabelnick and Eberhard Nieschlag, Partnerships offer promise in developing systemic methods of male fertility regulation
Stefanie Meredith and Elizabeth Ziemba, A new landscape of partnerships
Gunvanti Goding, Michael Chew and Jimmy Whitworth, Capacity strengthening for global health research
Mary Moran, Anne-Laure Ropars and Javier Guzman, Partnership dynamics, issues and challenges
Decision-making
Sara Bennett, Delivering evidence to inform health system strengthening: the role of systematic reviews
Robert Wells and Judith Whitworth, Equitable access: good intentions are not enough
Tikki Pang, Using evidence for policy-making in health
Manuel M Dayrit, Mario Roberto Dal Poz, Hugo Mercer and Carmen Dolea,
Towards evidence-informed policy-making in human resources for health: the state of research
Alan Lopez and Colin Mathers, Inequities in health status: findings from the 2001 Global Burden of Disease study
Selemani S Mbuyita, The potentials of involving communities in health research
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