Original scientific paper
Setting Priorities in Global Child Health Research Investments: Guidelines for Implementation of CHNRI Method
Igor Rudan
; Publlic Health Sciences, The University of Edinburg Medical School Teviot Plece, Edinburg, Scotland, UK
Jennifer L. Gibson
; Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Shanthi Ameratunga
; School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Shams El Arifeen
; Child Health Unit, Centre for Health and Population Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
; Departmentof Peadiatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Karachi, Pakistan
Maureen Black
; Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Robert E. Black
; Department of International Health, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Kenneth H. Brown
; Program in International and Community Nitrition, University of California, Davis, USA
Harry Campbell
; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Edinburg Medical School, Scotland, UK
Ilona Carneiro
; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Kit Yee Chan
; Nossal Institute for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Daniel Chandramohan
; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Mickey Chopra
; Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Simon Cousens
; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Gary L. Darmstadt
; Department of International Health, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Julie Meeks Gardner
; Caribbean Child Development Centre, University of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
Sonja Y. Hess
; Program in International and Community Nitrition, University of California, Davis, USA
Adnan A. Hyder
; Department of International Health, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Lydia Kapiriri
; Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Margaret Kosek
; Department of International Health, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Claudio F. Lanata
; Nutrition Research Institute, Lima, Peru
Mary Ann Lansang
; University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines
Joy Lawn
; Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children-US, Cape Town, South Africa
Mark Tomlinson
; Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Alexander C. Tsai
; Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Jayne Webster
; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Abstract
This paper provides detailed guidelines for implementation of systematic method for setting priorities in health research investments that was recently developed by Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI). The target audience for the proposed method are primarily public donors and not-for-profit foundations and international agencies, although it can also be used by private sector. It is a process that involves the investors, technical experts and numerous other stakeholders, and results in: (i) understanding and defining the context in which investments are performed; (ii) agreeing on expected “returns” on the investments and risk preferences; (iii) defining the main criteria for priority setting; (iv) systematic listing of many competing research investment options; (v) transparent valuation of each research option against each criterion; (vi) adjustment of this valuation according to values of the society; (vii) combining this adjusted valuation with predicted cost, expected “returns” and risk preferences to decide on the optimal investment strategy. “Returns” on the investments can be defined as reduction in existing disease burden (public and not-for-profit sector) or patentable products (private sector). The CHNRI methodology is a flexible process that enables prioritising health research investments at any level: institutional, regional, national, international or global. This paper presents detailed guidelines for application of the CHNRI methodology in different contexts.
Keywords
priority setting; child health; research investments; CHNRI methodology
Hrčak ID:
35106
URI
Publication date:
15.12.2008.
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