Report on the WHO/TDR consultation on promoting implementation/operational research in countries receiving grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Domaine de Penthes, Geneva, Switzerland 9-10 December 2015
Overview
This report covers the TDR consultation on 9-10 December 2015 in Geneva to promote implementation and operational research in countries receiving grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund). The focus was on malaria, tuberculosis (TB) and TB/HIV. The consultation identified barriers to the systematic use by programmes of implementation/operational research, and ways of overcoming those barriers. It also addressed the key factors in planning how to undertake this type of research, the capacity to conduct it, coordination among partners and knowledge management.
The consultation was informed by the findings of a situation analysis of the conduct of operational/implementation research within grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. This analysis was commissioned by TDR and conducted by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute.