| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | e191-e192 |
| Journal | The Lancet Global Health |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - Feb 2023 |
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In: The Lancet Global Health, Vol. 11, No. 2, 02.2023, p. e191-e192.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
TY - JOUR
T1 - Health and wellbeing of older people in LMICs
T2 - a call for research-informed decision making
AU - Goodman-Palmer, Dina
AU - Ferriolli, Eduardo
AU - Gordon, Adam L.
AU - Greig, Carolyn
AU - Hirschhorn, Lisa R.
AU - Ogunyemi, Adedoyin O.
AU - Usmani, Bilal Ahmed
AU - Yohannes, Tsion
AU - Davies, Justine
N1 - Funding Information: In all settings, but especially those that are resource poor, changes to policy and practice must be evidence based to efficiently deliver the expanded health and social care services required. However, there is a mismatch between where knowledge is needed and allocation of funding for ageing research, which almost entirely goes to projects in high-income countries (HICs). For example, the US National Institute of Aging (NIA; part of the National Institutes of Health [NIH]) has only four actively funded projects in LMICs—0·9% of total NIH active projects in LMICs and equivalent to 0·01% of total NIA funding. In the UK, of the 30 projects funded in the most recent National Institute of Health and Care Research Global Health Research Groups funding call, none were about ageing per se, although a few were on diseases likely to be present in an ageing population. This underinvestment in ageing research in LMICs does not bode well for data-driven practice or policy making in lower-income settings. Funding Information: We declare no competing interests. We would like to acknowledge the Institute for Global Innovation at the University of Birmingham and the Robert J Havey Institute of Global Health Ryan Family Center for Global Primary Care, Northwestern University for funding the workshop in Dubai.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85146478616
U2 - 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00546-0
DO - 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00546-0
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85146478616
SN - 2214-109X
VL - 11
SP - e191-e192
JO - The Lancet Global Health
JF - The Lancet Global Health
IS - 2
ER -