Table 1 Research at WHO - data provided for the biennium budget 2006/07

Involved in research

Total staff

HIV/AIDs, TB, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS

I

n/a

31

57

Global Malaria Programme

GMP

I

n/a

5

23

Stop TB Department

STB

I

n/a

25

114

Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases

NTD

I

n/a

10

31

Subtotal

n/a

71

225

Health System and Services

Alliance for Health Policy & Systems Research

Alliance HPSR

IV

30

4

4

Health System Governance & Service Delivery

HDS

IV

n/a

6

20

Health System Financing

HSF

IV

n/a

4

19

World Alliance for Patient Safety programme

PSP

IV

27

5

17

Human Resources

for Health

HRH

IV

n/a

5

16

Essential Health Technologies

EHT

IV

6

2

19

Essential Medicines & Pharmaceutical Policies

EMP

IV

n/a

40

85

Subtotal

63

66

180

Health Actions in Crisis

Emergency Preparedness and Capacity Building

EPC

III

n/a

3

4

Emergency Response and Operations

ERO

III

n/a

4

11

Recovery and Transition Programmes

REC

III

N/A

n/a

6

17

Subtotal

n/a

13

32

Information, Evidence and Research

Health Statistics and Informatics

HIS

IV

1

5

34

Research Policy and Cooperation

RPC

IV

0

4

4

Ethics, Equity, Trade & Human Rights

ETH

IV

6

4

21

Health Metrics Network

HMN

IV

N/A

6

13

13

Knowledge Management and Sharing

KMS

IV

0

0

0

64

Subtotal

13

26

136

Family and Community Health

Child & Adolescent Health & Development

CAH

I

39

16

26

Gender, Women and Health

GWH

I

n/a

4

5

Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals

IVB

I

n/a

18

73

Reproductive Health & Research

RHR

I

35

36

62

Making Pregnancy Safer

MPS

I

n/a

7

20

Initiative for Vaccine Research

IVR

I

25

17

18

Polio Eradication Initiative

POL

I

20

11

38

Subtotal

119

109

242

Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health

Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion

CHP

II

27

10

80

Violence & Injury Prevention & Disability

VIP

III

3

10

16

Mental Health & Substance Abuse

MHS

II

2

4

15

Nutrition for Health & Development

NHD

I

4

7

18

Tobacco Free Initiative

TFI

II

n/a

17

35

WHO Centre for Health and Development, Kobe

WHO Kobe Centre

IV

6

6

10

Subtotal

42

54

174

Health Security and Environment

Epidemic and Pandemic Alert Response

EPR

I

N/A

32

30

107

Food Safety, Zoonoses & Food borne Diseases

FOS

I

17

8

15

Protection of the Human Environment

PHE

I

75

32

44

Subtotal

124

70

166

Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases

TDR

I

642

38

43

International Agency for Research on Cancer

IARC

II

210

102

115

TOTAL

215,004, 703

(n = 34)

1213

(n = 22)

549

(n = 37)

1313

(n = 37)