Monash University, Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Health Res Policy Syst. 2020 Jun 1;18(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s12961-020-00573-1.
The global health crisis created by COVID-19 is providing valuable insights into the strengths of our health research system and, perhaps even more clearly, displaying its weaknesses. Much of what is being shown so plainly in the current context is not truly new. We are being reminded that health research systems are slow and noisy as well as that there is a desire for research to inform decision-making, that researchers are great collaborators, and that the walls we are so quick to erect between health research and health practice are unhelpful facades. It is our hope that the clarity with which these issues are being demonstrated by COVID-19 might provide the impetus to address these challenges and seize these opportunities to improve our health research system, for the benefit for communities facing COVID-19 now, and for the benefit of us all in facing the further health challenges that are sure to come.
由 COVID-19 引发的全球卫生危机为我们提供了宝贵的机会，让我们深入了解我们的卫生研究系统的优势，同时也更加清晰地暴露出其弱点。当前情况下，许多显而易见的问题其实并不新鲜。我们再次意识到，卫生研究系统进展缓慢且充满噪音，人们希望研究能够为决策提供信息，研究人员是很好的合作伙伴，我们在卫生研究和卫生实践之间迅速竖起的高墙只是毫无帮助的表象。我们希望 COVID-19 如此清晰地揭示这些问题，能够为我们提供动力，解决这些挑战，抓住这些机会，改善我们的卫生研究系统，造福于现在正面临 COVID-19 的社区，也造福于我们所有人，以应对未来肯定会面临的更多卫生挑战。
