Building A Partnership For Research In Global Health

Analytical Framework

Silvana Forti, 2005

Introduction

Currently, there is agreement on the importance of research for development and health and on the need for a collaborative and cooperative approach towards the development of health research geared towards action. However, 15 years after the recommendations of the Commission on Health Research for Development, the 10/90 gap remains to be bridged.

Building a partnership for global health research emerges as a strategy to reduce this gap and strengthen the capacity for research and decision-making in global health. Although there has been progress in the partnership experience, the inequality under which research is carried out in developing countries remains as a challenge.

In order to identify new models to build and consolidate partnerships and strengthen research capacity in global health, we have drafted this proposal as part of a complementary and potentially synergetic perspective involving the [rights approach], the principle of equality, and socially sustainable development.

We assume that research in global health is a complex issue requiring a new perspective and a fresh look. Today, health research requires the introduction of a global perspective into the analysis of health.

To show the importance of introducing a global perspective to the analysis of health, we present in the first part of this study a survey of global health identifying the global factors that are having an impact on populations and on health systems.

In the second part of the study we present a comprehensive partnership model aimed at preventing the fragmentation of research and establishing a systemic approach to strengthening capacities.

We hope to encourage partnership building. To do so, we have set forth some guidelines for the task with a commitment to research geared towards action intended to impact on health inequalities and strengthen health and research systems.

This proposal is the result of a bibliographic review of global health issues and partnership building for research.

Moreover, the paper includes the proposals made by the Task Group for Building Partnerships - CCGHR during the meetings held in April and June 2005 in Quebec and Ottawa, respectively.

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