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Commentary |
Towards Bamako: a European perspective on the global health research agenda
Martin McKee1 and Walter Ricciardi2
1 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
2 Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Correspondence: Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, tel: +44 207927 2229, fax: +44 207 580 8183, e-mail: martin.mckee@lshtm.ac.uk
Received October 21, 2007, accepted November 5, 2007
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In November 2004, health ministers and their representatives from 52 countries, including many from Europe, met in Mexico City to discuss how research could contribute to strengthening of health systems.1
Their final statement set out a series of important principles.2 Starting from a recognition of the importance of strengthening health systems so they can deliver effective interventions and of influencing factors outside the health sector that have a significant impact on health, it argued for a significant increase in research to help achieve