Download NATIONAL UNIFIED HEALTH RESEARCH AGENDA

RESEARCH FOR HEALTH
RESEARCH AGENDA
Gilbert Kokwaro, PhD
Consortium for National Health Research
National R4H Agenda
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PURPOSE
 To provide focus and direction on health research and
development efforts that will address the country’s
priority health concerns
 To serve as a guide where policy makers, funding and
donor agencies and researchers from public and private
sectors;
 To assist in providing evidence based solutions to
pressing national and County health problems
 To serve as basis to maximize resource utilization and
minimize duplication of research efforts
R4H AGENDA
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
R4H AGENDA
Research Priorities
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Major Research Areas
Health financing
 Health service delivery
 Health technology development
 Socio-environmental health concerns
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R4H AGENDA
Research Priorities
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Health financing
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Financial risk protection
 How to eliminate, if not greatly reduce the
amounts patients must pay out of pocket to
avail of health services
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How to provide Kenyans substantial
financial risk protection.
R4H AGENDA
Research Priorities
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Health service delivery
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Improving access to quality health services
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Novel ways of upgrading and equipping facilities to
provide quality services
Novel ways of enhancing staff capacity thro’ a)
improved conditions of service, and b) relevant
training
Focusing on national/county-specific health priorities
including MDGs to identify knowledge gaps
R4H AGENDA
Research Priorities
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Health technology development
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Diagnostics
Genomics/Molecular technology
Drug discovery and development
Functional foods
Hospital equipment and biomedical devices
Health ICT
R4H AGENDA
Research Priorities
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Health technology development
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Diagnostics
 development
of diagnostics (point of care and
confirmatory) for priority infectious diseases and
non-communicable diseases
 for early detection and/or prediction of disease and
mortality
 will also look at genetic or biological markers
associated with non-communicable diseases
R4H AGENDA
Research Priorities
Diagnostics (cont’d)
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Priority diseases:
Infectious diseases
•Malaria in pregnancy
•MDR/ XDR TB
•Drug-Resistant Malaria
•Influenza-like illness
•Neglected Tropical Diseases
•Sepsis
•HIV
•Hepatitis
Non-communicable diseases
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Myocardial infarction
Colorectal cancer
Stroke
Diabetes Mellitus
Breast cancer
Autoimmune/Immunologic
diseases or deficiencies
R4H AGENDA
Research Priorities
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Socio-Environmental health concerns
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Environmental and climate change
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Understanding how disease transmission is affected
by environmental (biological, chemical) and sociocultural factors.
Health social sciences (including community
development)
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understanding how socio-cultural factors affect
health and dynamics of disease.
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