WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE FOR SOUTH-EAST ASIA 26 th Session of WHO South-East Asia Advisory Committee on Health Research 17-20 April 2001, Thimphu, Bhutan SEA/ACHR/26/1 05 April 2001 TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE WHO SOUTH-EAST ASIA ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH RESEARCH To advise the Regional Director in the following areas: ♦ Formulation and implementation of health research policies and health research agenda in the region in line with the resolutions and policy guidance of World Health Assembly, Executive Board and the Regional Committee, and also within the overall framework of the global WHO research policy. ♦ Coordination and harmonization of health research activities of various national health research bodies/councils/departments, institutions with those of WHO, with the purpose of strengthening of national research capability and research management for health development ♦ Development, management and improvement of health research information system, including research monitoring and evaluation, for evidence based decision making ♦ Collection, analysis, and dissemination of existing health research findings on emerging scientific knowledge and technology, with a view to promote and foster research application and practices at the national and institutional level (As adopted at the 25th Session of SEA-ACHR, Bali, Indonesia, April 2000)
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE FOR SOUTH-EAST ASIA 26 th Session of WHO South-East Asia Advisory Committee on Health Research 17-20 April 2001, Thimphu, Bhutan SEA/ACHR/26/1 05 April 2001 TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE WHO SOUTH-EAST ASIA ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH RESEARCH To advise the Regional Director in the following areas: ♦ Formulation and implementation of health research policies and health research agenda in the region in line with the resolutions and policy guidance of World Health Assembly, Executive Board and the Regional Committee, and also within the overall framework of the global WHO research policy. ♦ Coordination and harmonization of health research activities of various national health research bodies/councils/departments, institutions with those of WHO, with the purpose of strengthening of national research capability and research management for health development ♦ Development, management and improvement of health research information system, including research monitoring and evaluation, for evidence based decision making ♦ Collection, analysis, and dissemination of existing health research findings on emerging scientific knowledge and technology, with a view to promote and foster research application and practices at the national and institutional level (As adopted at the 25th Session of SEA-ACHR, Bali, Indonesia, April 2000)