DFID Research Strategy

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DFID Research Strategy

• Jo Mulligan
• Health Advisor
• Central Research Department
• DFID
• DFIDs Continuing Professional Development Day on
  Non-Communicable Diseases
• DFID, 1 Palace Street, London
• 17 July 2008

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The consultation

• 2005
• Consulted around 100

• 2007
• 1000 research experts - e-consultation blogs
• 7 in country face-to-face meetings with experts
• 12 international research funders

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New focus on results
Four results areas
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Six themes
Links between themes Focus on demand and uptake

• Growth
• Sustainable agriculture
• Climate change
• Health
• Governance in Challenging Environments
• Future challenges and opportunities

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How we work

• Research Programme Consortia v.3
• International networks for growth and climate
  change
• Joint programmes with international funders and
  UK research councils (eg Wellcome)
• Multilateral programmes (e.g. support to WHO)
• Responsive research programmes (smaller scale
  usually with UK research councils)

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Three interlinked health priorities
MCH
HIV/AIDS
Nutrition
NCDs
TB and Malaria interventions
Human resources
AIDS vaccine
Financing
PDPs
Political process
Microbicides
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Tackling the non-communicable disease agenda

• We will fund more research to tackle the growing
  threat of non-communicable diseases in developing
  countries (including mental health, trauma,
  cardiovascular diseases and cancer)
• p. 29. DFID Research Strategy 2008-2013

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Research for International Tobacco Control

• With Canadas IDRC
• Mission is to create a strong research, funding
  and knowledge base for the development of
  effective tobacco control policies
• 1 million 2008-2013

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Mental Health and Poverty Project

• Led by University of Cape Town
• Purpose is to develop, implement and evaluate
  mental health policy in poor countries by
• Analysing existing mental health policies in 4
  African countries
• developing interventions to assist in the
  development and implementation of mental health
  policies in those countries,
• evaluating the policy implementation
• 2.2M 2005-2010

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Increasing focus on building research capacity in
the south
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Increasing focus on communication, synthesis and
uptake of research results
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How we will deliver

• Research and Policy Division own Director
  General
• Increased staff to manage research
• Decentralise some research functions
• Create a service to communicate research results
  which will bring together DFIDs research results
  and the best of other organisations

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Questions

• How best to shape DFIDs research on NCDs that
  builds on our strengths?
• Who else should we be working with?
• What are the most urgent priorities?

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Find out more

• Research Strategy Working Papers and
  implementation timetable at www.research4developm
  ent.info

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