International Decision Support Initiative: Bellagio and beyond

Abstract

What would the world look like if the international Decision Support Initiative, iDSI, were successful? This was the core issue we explored at an event at the Rockefeller Bellagio Center in Italy on 10-12 September 2014. The event brought together 25 like-minded individuals from various organisations across the globe, ranging global health funders and development agencies, practitioners of priority-setting, as well as universities and consultancies with an important stake in global health. We share a common vision: if iDSI were successful, we would see countries making the right choices for better health. Our mission is thus guiding decision makers to effective and efficient resource allocation strategies for improving people’s health.