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3b. Facilitate coordination between estab-
lished research networks.
Funding to support research networks to
collaborate to enable cross-fertilisation within
countries and across countries.
GloPID-R funders already support a range of estab-
lished research networks. Providing funding to support
their coordination and collaboration could expand
networks of ‘trusted collaborators’ and facilitate the
development of common tools.
RECOMMENDATION 4
INFLUENCE
4a. Collaborate within GloPID-R to align with
and influence other stakeholders: national
funders, Ministries of Health, Ministries of
Science & Technology, commercial compa-
nies, publishers, university hierarchy, policy
makers (especially WHO) & humanitarian
sector.
Beyond their own individual and collaborative
direct actions, the GloPID-R funders need to
work as a group to further align with external
stakeholders especially national and regional
bodies in the affected areas which need
to take the lead on research prioritisation
and data sharing in PHEs in their locations.
GloPID-R needs to align with its partner WHO
and encourage further global consensus in
this field. WHO should be expected to take
leadership in promoting openness and data
sharing during outbreaks amongst respond-
ers and national authorities. GloPID-R also
needs to influence commercial companies,
publishers, policy makers and the humanitar-
ian sector.
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Pre-established networks have been shown to enable
immediate data sharing in outbreaks and PHEs. Improving
these to ensure they include the relevant cross-sectoral
relationships (both academic and public health) and
establishing them to develop protocols and undertake
capacity strengthening prior to outbreaks could be the
most efficient way to develop the trust required to enable
rapid data sharing. Such networks also need to be held
to the requirements in Recommendation 1 of ‘real-time’
data sharing to ensure that the greatest health benefits
are gained. National funders and some of the less agile
funders may find long term funding of such networks an
effective way of having established funding relationships
in place in advance of an outbreak.