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Box 1. Health research for development: key events1987 First meeting of CHRD1990 CHRD report presented in StockholmForty-third World Health Assembly: “The role of health research in theStrategy for Health for All by the Year 2000”International Conference on Essential National Health Research(ENHR), Pattaya, Thailand1991 Task Force on Health Research for Development begins work1993 Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) createdWorld Bank publishes World development report 1993: Investing in health(World Bank, 1993)Ottawa Conference: “Future Partnerships for the Acceleration ofHealth Development”1996 WHO publishes Investing in health research and development (DocumentTDR/Gen/96.1)COHRED interim assessment1997 ACHR publishes A research policy agenda for science and technology(ACHR, 1997)Global Forum for Health Research establishedWorld Bank Group publication Sector strategy: health, nutrition, andpopulation1999 WHO creates Department of Research Policy and Cooperation2000 International Conference on Health Research for Development,Bangkok, ThailandHealth Research for Policy,Action and Practice4Module I, Unit I
Box 2. Why work for equity in development?Assumptions of health research for equity• Every individual is entitled to the opportunity for good health.• Health for all promotes national development. Countries impede theireconomic growth and human development by underinvesting in thehealth of the poor.• Working for equity also improves efficiency. Countries can make thebiggest reduction in the burden of disease if they concentrate onimproving the health status of those who carry the heaviest burden ofdisease — invariably the poor.Disparities in health research priorities• Left to market forces and curiosity alone, health research priorities willcontinue to reflect the health problems and concerns of the rich.Existing disparities between the rich and the poor will widen. Healthresearch should actively work to eradicate such disparities.What difference can health research for equity make?• Unlike improvements in the health status of wealthier nations, whichwill require dramatic technological breakthroughs to make giant leapsforward, relatively small investments in the application of existingknowledge can substantially improve the health of at least some of thepoor.• With local knowledge and customized application, we can squeeze farmore benefit out of new or existing interventions.(Abstracted from: COHRED, 2000)The International Conference on Health Research for Development,Bangkok, 2000Ten years after the Commission on Health Research for Development completed itswork, the global health research community conducted a review of its achievementsand recommendations, while at the same time developing a collaborative agenda forthe future. This review had two major components. A series of consultations wereconducted in low-income and middle-income countries and regions, along withother consultations (for example, with the donor community). The consultationsresulted in a synthesis discussion paper 1 that was used in the second component ofthe review — the International Conference on Health Research for Development,which was convened in Bangkok in October 2000. Of special interest is the fact thatthe conference was jointly organized by four major agencies (COHRED, GFHR,1 Discussion paper for the International Conference on Health Research for Development, Bangkok,2000.Health Research for Policy,5Module I, Unit IAction and Practice
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