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Health research prioritization at WHO - an overview of methodology and high level analysis of WHO led health research priority setting exercises Author: Roderik F. Viergever Edited by: Robert Terry and Malebona P. Matsoso Document status: draft Version: 2.0 Date: May 2010 Undertaken by: Department of Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property, World Health Organization, Geneva WHO strategy on research for health, Department of Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization, Geneva Table of Contents Acknowledgements 3 Abbreviations 4 Executive Summary 5 Background 5 Summary of findings 5 Discussion 5 Background on PHI and the WHO strategy on research for health 8 Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property 8 WHO strategy on research for health 8 Introduction 9 Methods for research priority setting 9 Mapping global RD 9 Methods 11 Definitions 11 Data collection 11 Assessment of employed methods 12 Development of a checklist for health research priority setting 12 Assessment of volume of research priority setting per health area 13 Limitations 13 Results 14 Catalogue 14 Assessment of employed methods 14 Development of a checklist for health research priority setting 15 Assessment of volume of research priority setting per health area 16 Discussion 17 Options for next steps 18 Guidance on the process of research prioritization 18 Coordination of research prioritization 18 On a national level 18 On a global level - Is there a need for global health research priorities? 19 Possible approaches to research priority setting on a global level 20 Overall note on periodicity 21 Health systems research priorities 22 Elements that were not discussed 22 Appendix 1 - WHO staff interviewed October 2009 - April 2010 23 Appendix 2 - Quality assessment framework for information products whose main purpose was research priority setting 26 Appendix 3 - Information products by WHO HQ whose main pu