WHO South-East Asia Advisory Committee on Health Research, thirty-second session

Abstract

The report documents the salient discussion points and the recommendations made at the Thirty-second session of SEA ACHR, held in Bangkok from 11-13 October 2011. The session deliberated on: Follow-up recommendations made at the five previous ACHR meetings; Quality of research funded by WHO-SEARO; Report of the Subcommittee on Drug and Vaccine Development; Research capacity building in Bhutan, Maldives and Timor-Leste; and the draft Regional Strategy on Research for Health. The Regional Director has highlighted three recommendations that would be followed up in right earnest, namely: Capacity strengthening in small countries (‎Bhutan, Maldives and Timor-Leste)‎; Health systems research to support the immunization programme; and Promoting research in non-health sectors, the work of which has a bearing on health.