Establish NHRS structures and build institutional capacity to govern, coordinate and oversee health research, including for better management of human, material and financial resources |
30 |
Develop/launch a national policy on health research |
14 |
Ensure observance of ethics and good practices, including regulation of research through the national ethics review committee and institutional ethics review committees |
9 |
Establish a national health research forum or committee to support health research |
8 |
Develop specific national legislation for health research |
8 |
Promote multisectoral and multidisciplinary health research and promote community participation in health development research |
6 |
Build networks of researchers and research centres and strengthen partnerships between research institutes and universities with faculties of health sciences |
3 |
Define a national priority research agenda for the coming 3 years to ensure that research undertaken is harmonized and addresses tangible prioritized country needs and challenges |
3 |
Support the development of standard operating procedures and guidance reference documents |
2 |
Decentralize research for health activities to the counties, including hiring research focal persons at the decentralized or devolved levels |
1 |
Establish a system for monitoring and evaluating research |
1 |
International community interventions
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Number of countries
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Facilitate networking of institutions for health research (for example, for undertaking multi-country studies), international cooperation and partnership; advocate for formal partnerships between universities and research institutions |
12 |
Provide technical support for the development and implementation of national health research policy and strategic plan, and ensure externally driven research is aligned with national research priorities |
10 |
Provide technical support for the development of legislation on health research |
7 |
Support the development of the national health research agenda or priority list and their alignment, and cooperate with researchers and other partners to implement and evaluate them |
6 |
Support country and intercountry research collaboration and coordination |
4 |
Provide technical support for establishment of a national committee of ethics and training of its members |
2 |
Support capacity strengthening for laboratories for their accreditation through providing equipment, infrastructure and logistics support |
2 |
Develop internationally recognized regulatory standards, policies and guidelines and foster comparable research in health |
2 |
Support evaluation of research and development |
1 |