The International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) is a network of priority setting institutions that have, since 2013, supported the use of evidence in healthcare decision-making in low- and middle-income countries across the world.

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The primary purpose of the FEND for TB Consortium is to evaluate early stage diagnostics and novel diagnostic strategies for tuberculosis in the context of existing clinical algorithms in TB endemic countries.

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The Methods for addressing uncertainty around EQ-5D values project aims to provide a comprehensive account of the various sources of uncertainty affecting 'value sets’ for health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and identify implications for their use in generating evidence to inform decision making in health care.

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Examining whether enhanced hospital management practices can drive improvements in newborn survival and the quality of clinical care in Malawi.

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Investigating the effectiveness of different treatments for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, to help choose the right treatments for patients. 

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Investigating whether displaying calories on restaurant and takeaway menus helps us make healthier choices.

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Published a Lancet report that developed evidence-led actions for financing primary healthcare in LMICs, which place people at the centre and address inequities first.

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Unpacking the effect of the national pay for performance scheme on inequalities in the financing and delivery of primary care in Brazil.

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Enabling better data use around financial resources to enable decision-making around resource allocation for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health.

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This 3-year project funded by the UKRI Health Systems Research Initiative started in 2022 and aims to assess the performance of e-pharmacies in India and Kenya and analyse regulatory systems for improving medicine quality, safety and accessibility.

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The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Systems and Commissioning, formerly PRUComm, studies how the NHS and social care services are organised in England, how decisions are made about what services to provide, how money is spent, and how oversight and accountability are operating.

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Understanding preferences and behaviours for long-acting HIV prevention methods using discrete choice experiments and behavioural laboratory experiments in Kenya and Uganda.

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Improving understanding of the functioning of rural food markets from a nutrition perspective, and to establish, test and deliver evidence for market interventions that improve the availability and affordability of nutrient-dense foods in India.

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Assessing the impact of mitigation and adaptation strategies for extreme heat on maternal health and wellbeing in Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.

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This project aims to explore the potential impacts of food taxes and subsidies on health, economics, and the environment in the UK. By co-designing scenarios with the public and policymakers and analysing them using an integrated health and macroeconomic model, the research will assess how these measures could affect chronic diseases and economic factors, and we will communicate our findings to all stakeholders.

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Aiming to measure the impact of long COVID upon quality of life, and on costs to the NHS and the wider economy, in a cohort study of adults registered with UK GP practices.

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Working in partnership across five institutions to conduct multi-disciplinary research in Ghana and Ethiopia to improve experiences of severe and stigmatising neglected tropical diseases of the skin.

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