Research on health priorities: a regional agenda and its implementation in Jordan and Pakistan

Mandil, Ahmed; Motevalian, Syed Abbas; Altaf, Arshad; Obeidat, Randa; Muthu, Nazeema; Afzal, Sabeen; Jafri, Syed; Asghar, Muhammad Naveed; Rashidian, Arash

doi:10.26719/2021.27.4.319

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“…WHO is also supporting countries in research priority setting at the national level (Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan), including COVID-19-related priorities. 16 Moving forward, we will focus on additional areas of research, such as the impact of misinformation on countries’ responses to the pandemic and postintroduction vaccine effectiveness studies to guide vaccination plans and policies for the future.…”

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“…The second was for proposals on ‘international health regulations and health security preparedness’,15 for which we received 50 proposals, of which 12 were recommended for funding from nine countries (Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan, UAE and Yemen). WHO is also supporting countries in research priority setting at the national level (Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan), including COVID-19-related priorities 16. Moving forward, we will focus on additional areas of research, such as the impact of misinformation on countries’ responses to the pandemic and postintroduction vaccine effectiveness studies to guide vaccination plans and policies for the future.…”

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WHO’s support for COVID-19 research and knowledge management in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Rashidian

Ariqi

et al. 2022

BMJ Glob Health

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Health research, innovation and knowledge management remain major priorities of the WHO’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) supports priority research initiatives that address gaps in current knowledge regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a specific call for proposals, 122 research proposals were received and reviewed in 2020, of which 17 were recommended for funding from eight countries. Ten countries in the region participated in the global solidarity trial to assess potential therapies for COVID-19. In addition, WHO advocated for early serological and epidemiological investigations (‘COVID-19 Unity Studies’) on the general population, healthcare workers, pregnant women and neonates, and extending technical, financial and material support for them.Starting in early 2020, scholarly articles on COVID-19 have been published in every issue of the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. More than 6300 publications on COVID-19 were made available on the WHO knowledge management portal in the last year alone. WHO is also supporting countries in conducting studies to assess the field effectiveness of vaccines deployed nationally. To build and strengthen country capacities, regional webinars and intercountry meetings were conducted on research ethics, national health information systems and evidence-based health policy making. With support from WHO EMRO’s new research and knowledge management pillar, countries in the region were well equipped to contribute to a global understanding of the novel virus’s characteristics, as well as employ a national response based on informed evidence.

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confidence: 99%

WHO’s support for COVID-19 research and knowledge management in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Rashidian

Ariqi

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BMJ Glob Health

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“…Pakistan has experienced three waves of the pandemic, with a fourth wave hitting in September 2021. The first wave occurred from May 2020 to July 2020, the second from October 2020 to January 2021, the third from March 2021 to May 2021, and the fourth from July 2021 to September 2021 ( Mandil et al, 2021 ). Since the beginning of the fourth wave, the average positivity rate has decreased from 25 % to 5 % (September 29, 2021).…”

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Stigmatization, panic disorder, and death anxiety among patients of Covid-19: Fourth wave of pandemic in Pakistan

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Health research priorities in Pakistan: A Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) exercise

Motevalian,

Asghar,

Afzal

et al. 2024

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Background The National Health Vision of Pakistan 2016–2025 is to provide affordable health services through a resilient and responsive health system for achieving health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and universal health coverage (UHC) targets. Through this study, we wanted to identify the research priorities at the national level that would help to provide the necessary evidence for achieving this vision through essential package of health services (EPHS). Methods We followed World Health Organization (WHO) guidance for undertaking research priority-setting exercises and the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) methodology in conducting this national exercise. The proposed research options for the next three to five years were identified in five thematic research areas: communicable diseases; non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries; reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH); mental health; and health systems and services. We assessed these research options against five priority-setting criteria: feasibility, public health importance, sustainability, equity, and community involvement. Results Forty-three experts proposed 272 research ideas, which were consolidated into a list of 155 research options and sent back to the experts for scoring. The top 10 research priorities in each of the five research areas were identified based on the weighted research priority scores (wRPS) rankings. Tuberculosis and antimicrobial resistance; NCD screening and prevention; maternal and neonatal mortality; mental health of children, adolescents, and youth; and human resource management were the issues that were most frequently reflected in the list of research priorities. Most research priorities aimed to identify barriers to the implementation of interventions. Conclusions Through this exercise, we identified the top 50 national health research priorities, which also have a strong correlation with EPHS interventions. To realise the findings of this exercise, funding agencies should establish funding mechanisms to support the undertaking of the identified research priorities, and academic researchers should actually utilise them in future studies. Such activities could hopefully contribute to achieving the national health goals.

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Research on health priorities: a regional agenda and its implementation in Jordan and Pakistan

Cited by 3 publications

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WHO’s support for COVID-19 research and knowledge management in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

WHO’s support for COVID-19 research and knowledge management in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Stigmatization, panic disorder, and death anxiety among patients of Covid-19: Fourth wave of pandemic in Pakistan

Health research priorities in Pakistan: A Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) exercise

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