malERA: an updated research agenda for health systems and policy research in malaria elimination and eradication

Tanner, Marcel, Whittaker, Maxine, and The malERA Refresh Consultative Panel on Health Systems, and Policy Research (2017) malERA: an updated research agenda for health systems and policy research in malaria elimination and eradication. PLoS Medicine, 14 (11).

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Abstract

Health systems underpin disease elimination and eradication programmes. In an elimination and eradication context, innovative research approaches are needed across health systems to assess readiness for programme reorientation, mitigate any decreases in effectiveness of interventions ('effectiveness decay'), and respond to dynamic and changing needs. The malaria eradication research agenda (malERA) Refresh consultative process for the Panel on Health Systems and Policy Research identifies opportunities to build health systems evidence and the tools needed to eliminate malaria from different zones, countries, and regions and to eradicate it globally. The research questions are organised as a portfolio that global health practitioners, researchers, and funders can identify with and support. This supports the promotion of an actionable and more cohesive approach to building the evidence base for scaled-up implementation of findings. Gaps and opportunities discussed in the paper include delivery strategies to meet the changing dynamics of needs of individuals, environments, and malaria programme successes; mechanisms and approaches to best support accelerated policy and financial responsiveness at national and global level to ensure timely response to evidence and needs, including in crisis situations; and systems' readiness tools and decision-support systems.

Item ID: 51842
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1549-1676
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malERA Refresh Consultative panel on Health and Policy Research: Omari Kimbute Abdallah, National institute of Medical Research, Tanzania; Martin Alilio, Presidents Malaria Initiative, Washington, DC, USA; Andrea Bosman, WHO Global Malaria Programme, Geneva, Switzerland; Lesong Conteh, Imperial College London, UK; Seydou Doumbia, Malaria Research and Training Centre, University of Bamako-USTTB, Bamako, Mali; David Evans, Swiss TPH, Basel, Switzerland and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Victoria Fan, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, USA; Amanda Glassman, Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, USA; Roly Gosling, Global Health Group, University of California San Francisco, USA; Yusuf Lawal, University of Oxford, UK; Martin Madu Meremikwu, Cochrane Nigeria, Calabar, Nigeria; Eric Mouzin (Rapporteur), Roll Back Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland; Antoni Plasencia, ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Spain; Franco Pagnoni, WHO Global Malaria Programme, Geneva, Switzerland; Risintha Premaratne, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka; Ben Rolfe, Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance, Singapore; Kathleen Rankin, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA; Allan Schapira, Independent Consultant; David Schellenberg, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK; David Sintasath, President’s Malaria Initiative, Bangkok, Thailand; Don de Savigny, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Marcel Tanner (Chair), Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Fabrizio Tediosi, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Kate Whitfield, ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Spain; Maxine Whittaker (co-Chair), James Cook University, Townsville, Australia; Eve Worrall, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK.

Date Deposited: 20 Dec 2017 07:49
FoR Codes: 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420315 One health @ 75%
32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3207 Medical microbiology > 320704 Medical parasitology @ 25%
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