CAPACITY STRENGTHENING TOOL

Priorities for COVID-19 Research Response and Preparedness in Low-resource Settings

COVID-19 poses particular threats in low-resource settings, which typically have underfunded health-care systems and insufficient influence on the global health research agenda.

Strengthening research capacity must be embedded in research funding across LMICs to support the COVID-19 response now and to prepare to manage future infectious disease threats effectively. Such programmes need to be informed by local contexts and be driven by regionally and nationally identified priorities. Lessons learned in LMICs have global relevance and require global attention.

Increased research coordination is needed to improve the coherence of the research response affecting LMICs.

Last modified: May 9, 2021

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