The quest for a framework for sustainable and institutionalised priority-setting for health research in a low-resource setting: the case of Zambia

BackgroundPriority-setting for health research in low-income countries remains a major challenge. While there have been efforts to systematise and improve the processes, most of the initiatives have ended up being a one-off exercise and are yet to be institutionalised. This could, in part, be attributed to the limited capacity for the priority-setting institutions to identify and fund their own research priorities, since most of the …