Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination
OPEN-ENDED MEETING ON Follow-up of the report of the Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination (CEWG)
WHO Headquarters, Geneva, 26-28 November 2012
The 65th World Health Assembly in WHA65.22 agreed to hold an open-ended meeting of Member States to thoroughly analyse the report of the CEWG and the feasibility of the recommendations proposed by the group, taking into account, as appropriate, related studies as well as the results from national consultations and regional committee discussions, and will develop proposals or options relating to:
- research coordination
- financing
- monitoring of R&D expenditures
In order to facilitate the discussions among Member States, the Secretariat has prepared a number of documents:
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Report of the Secretariat
pdf, 417kb
Official document A/CEWG/3. Sets out potential options for implementation relating to the areas covered in the resolution WHA65.22. -
Consolidated report of the Regional Committee discussions
pdf, 619kb
Official document A/CEWG/2 summarizing the discussions on the CEWG report held at the WHO Regional Committees. -
Fact sheets on funding and research mechanisms
pdf, 316kb
Non-official document to provide an overview of legal status, governance and funding structure of 18 international and regional funding and research mechanisms in the area of health, environment and agriculture as well as the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. -
Background document on defining disease types I, II and III
pdf, 452kb
Non-official document providing background information on a proposed definition of disease Types I, II and III using DALYs and World Bank Income groups. -
AFRO RC discussion report
pdf, 188kb
Non-official document -
AMRO RC discussion report
pdf, 282kb
Non-official document -
EMRO RC discussion report
pdf, 297kb
Non-official document -
EURO RC discussion report
pdf, 286kb
Non-official document -
SEARO RC discussion report
pdf, 379kb
Non-official document -
WPRO RC discussion report
pdf, 92kb
Non-official document - Report of the open-ended meeting of Member States on the follow-up of the report of the CEWG
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WHO Governing Body Documentation web site where Official documents relating to this meeting are available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese
A/CEWG/1 Provisional agenda ; A/CEWG/2 Report of the regional committee discussions by the Director-General ; A/CEWG/3 Report by the Secretariat.
About the CEWG
WHO Member States requested the establishment of the Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination (CEWG) in response to a concern that insufficient resources were being devoted globally to research and development (R&D) to address treatments for diseases that principally affect developing countries.
The CEWG was mandated to take forward the work of its predecessor, the Expert Working Group on R&D Financing and Coordination (EWG); deepen the analysis of the proposals in the EWG’s report; consider additional submissions and proposals from Member States, any regional and subregional consultations, and from other stakeholders; and to examine the appropriateness of different R&D financing approaches and the feasibility of implementation of these approaches in each of the six WHO regions, with subregional analysis, as appropriate.