Health research at IDRC, 2000-2004 : current situation and a vision for the future
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-03-16T18:25:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-03-16T18:25:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Consultations to date indicate substantial support for new programming in the health area at IDRC, and support for research on governance/service delivery to complement the research currently supported by other PIs, particularly ECOHEALTH. Health is identified as a priority development issue in sub-Saharan Africa. Discussions with programme staff have uniformly suggested that the Centre allocate a budget for health. This budget would ensure coherence among projects, be used to encourage the PIs without health-related projects to include health issues in their programming, and leverage outside funds. Leaving the initiative up to individual PIs is seen as unworkable: “mainstreaming” cross-cutting issues such as health without allocating financial and human resources is both difficult operationally and leads to poor visibility and lack of coherence in programming. The minimal scenario - status quo plus a webpage on which to post occasional synthesis papers - is seen as unsatisfactory; support for visible and substantive contributions to health research is high. Both programme staff and our partners support research-to-policy linkages, but insist on a clear focus on equity –including social, health, economic and gender equity – and community participation as a strategy to meet our mandate of “Empowerment through knowledge”, and as a complementary strategy (to that of direct policy links ) for influencing public policy. Finally, prospects are good for developing Canadian and international financing partnerships in support of health research over the course of this CSPF. | en |
| dc.format | Text | en |
| dc.format.extent | 1 digital file (24 p. : ill.) | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10625/37603 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA | en |
| dc.subject | RESEARCH PROGRAMMES | en |
| dc.subject | HEALTH POLICY | en |
| dc.subject | HEALTH SYSTEM | en |
| dc.subject | HEALTH SERVICES | en |
| dc.subject | ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE | en |
| dc.subject | GENDER EQUALITY | en |
| dc.subject | SOCIAL EQUITY | en |
| dc.subject | ECONOMIC EQUITY | en |
| dc.subject | AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA | en |
| dc.title | Health research at IDRC, 2000-2004 : current situation and a vision for the future | en |
| dc.type | IDRC-Related Report | en |
| idrc.copyright.holder | IDRC | |
| idrc.copyright.oapermissionsource | IDRC is copyright holder | en |
| idrc.dspace.access | Open Access | en |
| idrc.rims.adhocgroup | IDRC PERSONNEL | en |
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