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Better coordination of health research would 'minimise overlap, maximise resources, promote collaboration in our joint aim to advance science, and build robust research capacity in under-resourced areas, which could lead to improved treatment, prevention, and ultimately, better health and quality of life', say researchers in the open-access journal The Lancet Global Health. The authors have developed a 'public means to track these international research activities and partnered investments' andinvite others to join them.
A database on global health research in Africa by Francis Collins, Alain Beaudet, Ruxandra Draghia-Akli et al.
The Lancet Global Health, Early Online Publication, 5 July 2013
http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/langlo/PIIS2214109X13700123.pdf?id=f1b40765af4fa604:59ca8013:13fde9223a2:5fd61373831970985
'Questions have been raised about whether growing international expenditures on research in Africa could be better coordinated to increase efficiency and improve outcomes, while ensuring that research institutions and universities are supported with these funds. A website was designed to allow communication and to improve coordintion of biomedical, clinical, and health research that was funded by major public and private supporters. Data are summarised by both the funding organisation and the institution that does the research. With new mapping technologies, each funding organisation's projects are plotted geographically and marked with the unique icon of their logo.' (with thanks to Dieter Neuvian's HESP Newsletter)
 
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