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Research for Universal Health Coverage. The World Health Report 2013. Why is research essential? . HIV/AIDS and TB towards universal coverage (but not there yet). Source: Lancet 381, 413-418 (2013). F inancial risk protection is patchy
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Research for Universal Health Coverage The World Health Report 2013
HIV/AIDS and TB towards universal coverage (but not there yet) Source: Lancet 381, 413-418 (2013)
Financial risk protection is patchy Where out-of-pocket expenditure is high in relation to total health expenditure; 150M people suffer catastrophic expenditure each year Source: WHO
How operational research contributes… to universal health coverage
Importance of OR under-stated Global expenditures and budget gap in TB R&D, 2010
Setting national research priorities Brazil’s top 10 investments in health research, 2004-2009 Source: HRPS 9, 35, 2011
Operational and other kinds of research Translating evidence into policy and practice Source: BMC Pub Health 12, 683, 2012
Operational research: diversity of skills Do conditional cash transfers stimulate demand for services?
Finding local as well as global solutions All nations need to do research
Measuring progress towards UHC Indicators of e.g. the “fully vaccinated child”?
Stimulating R&D+ Funding, coordinating, monitoring for HSSR too WHO Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination (CEWG)