Health Research Policy and Systems

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The ‘Informing the Establishment of the WHO Global Observatory on Health Research and Development’ thematic series is in response to a Call for Papers to inform the establishment of the WHO Global Observatory on Health Research and Development (R&D), with the objective of providing global stakeholders with up-to-date knowledge on methods, analyses and applications to draw from when developing future investment decisions for new health R&D.

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Health Research Policy and Systems covers all aspects of the organisation and use of health research – including agenda setting, building health research capacity, and how research as a whole benefits decision makers, practitioners in health and related fields, and society at large.

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Miguel González-Block, Universidad Anáhuac, Mexico City, Mexico
Stephen Hanney, Brunel University London, UK

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A global call for action to include gender in research impact assessment
Health Research Policy and Systems (2016) 14:50

The Commentary explores various issues related to gender biases in health research and offers a set of recommendations to research funders, research institutions and research evaluators who conduct impact assessment on how to include and strengthen analysis of gender equity in research impact assessment and issue a global call for action.

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