[afro-nets] The role of NGOs in global health research for development

[Claudio Schuftan <claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn>]

The role of NGOs in global health research for development
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Hélène Delisle, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal,
Janet Hatcher Roberts, Canadian Society for International Health
(CSIH), Michelle Munro, CARE Canada, Lori Jones, Canadian Soci-
ety for International Health (CSIH), Theresa W. Gyorkos, Dept.
of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Montreal General Hospital

Available online as PDF file (39 pp. 392 kB) at:
http://www.health-policy-systems.com/content/pdf/1478-4505-3-3.pdf

"....NGOs are contributing at all stages of the research cycle,
fostering the relevance and effectiveness of the research, pri-
ority setting, and knowledge translation to action. They have a
key role in stewardship (promoting and advocating for relevant
global health research), resource mobilization for research, the
generation, utilization and management of knowledge, and capac-
ity development. Yet, typically, the involvement of NGOs in re-
search is downstream from knowledge production and it usually
takes the form of a partnership with universities or dedicated
research agencies.

..... There is a need to more effectively include NGOs in all
aspects of health research in order to maximize the potential
benefits of research. NGOs, moreover, can and should play an in-
strumental role in coalitions for global health research, such
as the CGHRC. With a renewed sense of purpose and a common goal,
NGOs and their partners intend to make strong and lasting in-
roads into reducing the disease burden of the world's most af-
fected populations through effective research action....."