Abstract
'Health' is an identifiable theme within the European Union multi-annual research programmes. Public Health Innovation and Research in Europe (PHIRE), led by the European Public Health Association, sought to identify public health research strategies in EU member states. Within PHIRE, national public health associations reviewed structures for health research, held stakeholder workshops and produced reports. This information, supplemented by further web searches, including using assisted translation, was analysed for national research strategies and health research strategies. All countries described general research strategies, outlining organizational and capacity objectives. Thematic fields, including health, are mentioned in some strategies. A health research strategy was identified for 15 EU countries and not for 12. Ministries of health led research strategies for nine countries. Public health research was identified in only three strategies. National research strategies did not refer to the European Union's health research programme. Public health research strategies of European countries need to be developed by ministries of health, working with the research community to achieve the European Research Area.
Highlights
The World Health Organization (WHO), in its Strategy on Research for Health,2 states ‘Each country has a responsibility to develop its own agenda for research in order to respond to the health needs important to its population within its own social, political and environmental setting’
European research funding has been available for strategic approaches9: Research Infrastructures enable collection of European data for open analyses; ERA-NETs enable coordination on topics between national research organizations; and Joint Programming enables researchers across countries to collaborate on specific fields
Health research strategies were sought across 27 European Union (EU) countries and listed by general research strategy and health strategy
Summary
The World Health Organization (WHO), in its Strategy on Research for Health, states ‘Each country has a responsibility to develop its own agenda for research in order to respond to the health needs important to its population within its own social, political and environmental setting’. WHO and European Union (EU) member states have supported global meetings for ministers of health and of science, and the Council for Health Research and Development has emphasized capacity development, including funding. European research funding has been available for strategic approaches: Research Infrastructures enable collection of European data for open analyses; ERA-NETs enable coordination on topics between national research organizations; and Joint Programming enables researchers across countries to collaborate on specific fields. In Joint Programming for Neurodegenerative Diseases, research priorities range from life sciences to health and social care.
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