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[EQ] Call for abstracts: Conference Global Health Metrics and Evaluation: Controversies, Innovation, Accountability

Call for Abstracts

Conference on: Global Health Metrics and Evaluation: Controversies, Innovation, Accountability

March 14—16, 2011 - Seattle, WA, USA.

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Global health metrics and evaluation conference

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Seattle, WA, USA), The Lancet, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the Harvard School of Public Health, and the University of Queensland School of Population Health invite submission of abstracts for oral or poster presentation.

A broad range of topics related to health metrics and evaluation will be covered during the conference. Abstracts can be submitted on the following topics: the latest approaches to measuring maternal mortality; transitions in non-communicable diseases in rich and poor countries; controversies in the burden of malaria; trends in health inequalities; integrated surveillance systems; responsible data sharing and strengthening country capacity for analysis; new quantitative tools for priority setting; and the next generation of metrics for health-system performance.

Abstracts should be no longer than 250—300 words in length, and written in English. Please submit abstracts online at the conference website,
no later than Dec 6, 2010.

The peer-review process will be organised by The Lancet. http://bit.ly/cAsLPh
The Lancet, Volume 376, Issue 9750, Page 1375, 23 October 2010

Participants will be informed of the acceptance of abstracts for oral or poster presentation no later than Jan 24, 2011.
Accepted abstracts will be published in a booklet and on The Lancet's website. When relevant to the type of presentation to be made, abstracts should include the following: background/introduction, objectives, methodology, results, and conclusions/recommendations.

GHME Conference Organizing Committee:

Zulfiqar Bhutta, Division of Women & Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan;
Julio Frenk, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;
Richard Horton, The Lancet, London, UK;
Alan Lopez, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia;
Fatima Marinho de Souza, Pan American Health Organization PAHO/WHO, Washington, DC, USA;
Anne Mills, Peter Piot, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK;
Christopher Murray, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, USA;
Osman Sankoh, INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana;
Kenji Shibuya, Department of International Health Policy, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and
Debrework Zewdie, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland

Preliminary Schedule

Monday, March 14, 2011

8:30am - 9:15 am Opening Remarks

9:15am - 10:45 am Measuring Maternal Mortality

11:15am - 12:45 pm Non-Communicable Disease Transitions: Rich and Poor Countries

12:45pm - 1:45 pm Dining with Data: Data Visualization Tools and GIS

1:45pm - 3:15 pm Controversies in the Burden of Malaria

3:45pm - 5:15 pm Trends in Health Inequalities

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

8:30-10:00 am Parallel Methods Workshops

1. Spatial-temporal Analytical Models

2. Methods for Synthesizing Data from Multiple Sources

3. Next Generation of Verbal Autopsy Instruments and Methods

10:30 am -noon Parallel Methods Workshops, Continued

1. Spatial-temporal Analytical Models

2. Methods for Synthesizing Data from Multiple Sources

3. Next Generation of Verbal Autopsy Instruments and Methods

noon-1:00 pm Dining with Data: The Global Health Data Exchange

1:00- 2:30 pmIntegrated Surveillance Systems across Traditional Boundaries

3:00- 4:30 pm Responsible Data Sharing and Strengthening Country Capacity for Analysis

5:00- 8:00 pm Open House at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

8:30-10:00 am New Quantitative Tools for Priority Setting

1:00-2:30 pm Next Generation of Health System Performance Metrics

3:00-4:30 pm Indicators and Targets for a Post-Millennium Development Goal World

4:30-5:00 pm Synthesis of the Meeting..

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[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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[EQ] Call for Papers - The Lancet Student Special Issue on the Grand Challenges for Global Health

Call for Papers – Special Issue on the Grand Challenges for Global Health

London, October , 2010

Website: http://bit.ly/cgdNiA

The Lancet Student is announcing plans for a special issue featuring the experience of undergraduate and graduate students who have taken part in the Grand Challenges for Global Health (GCGH) initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Modelled after the grand challenges of mathematician David Hilbert, the GCGH initiative has sought to create new tools to improve global health by investing in fundamental research and facilitating partnerships across scientific disciplines. 43 grants were awarded to scientists from 33 countries, for a combined estimated value of US$440 million.

The special issue will provide a platform for participants to describe, in their own words, their experience with the Challenges for Global Health GCGH initiative.

Students are invited to reflect, in 1500 words or less, on their involvement with the research initiative over the past 5 years by assessing what it has implied in terms of access to resources, networks, learning and development opportunities, etc. Writers should additionally describe their pathway to a career in research and emphasise how they came to be involved with the Grand Challenges for Global Health.

Deadline for submission: December 1^st, 2010

Those considering submitting an article should contact The Lancet Student (student@lancet.com) for complete instructions on how to prepare and send their manuscript. In your email, please use the subject line “GCGH special issue” and include a few sentences about yourself.





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