Health research in Africa: getting priorities right

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Setting Priorities in Child Health Research Investments for South Africa

Research can play a critical role in the response to global health challenges. But when resources are limited, guidelines are needed to assist decisions on defi ning the priorities for health research investments. An early attempt at the global level to defi ne health research priorities was made through the Commission on Health Research for Development in 1990 [1]. A number of subsequent initi...

Getting it right! Enhancing youth involvement in mental health research

BACKGROUND Few studies relating to youth mental health have actively involved young people in the design and conduct of research. AIMS This qualitative study explores the perceptions of young people about involving them in mental health research. METHOD An opportunistic sample of eight young people (aged 14-24 years) from non-statutory mental health organizations was interviewed. Interviews...

Getting Infrastructure Priorities Right in Post-Conflict Reconstruction

In this paper, an attempt is made to identify some key challenges for infrastructure sectors in post-conflict reconstruction. In spite of the Hague and Geneva Conventions, infrastructure can be damaged in conflicts, and reconstructing infrastructure is often essential to sustain recovery. Conflicts erode governance institutions, weaken public expenditure management systems, and increase transac...

Poverty and Human Development in India: Getting Priorities Right

In the 1930s, when the British ruled the country, Jawaharlal Nehru described India's situation as follows: "A servile state, with its splendid strength caged up, hardly daring to breathe freely, governed by strangers from afar; her people poor beyond compare; shortlived and incapable of resisting disease and epidemic; illiteracy rampant; vast areas devoid of all sanitary or medical provision; u...