title: Calling on Europe to support operational research in low-income and middle-income countries.
authors.affiliation: Science and Technology Option Assessment (STOA), Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS), European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: gianluca.quaglio@europarl.europa.eu.
authors.forename: GianLuca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Quaglio
authors.affiliation: Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (WHO/TDR), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramsay
authors.affiliation: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Centre for Operational Research, Paris, France; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: Anthony D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Harries
authors.affiliation: Science and Technology Option Assessment (STOA), Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS), European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Theodoros
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karapiperis
authors.affiliation: Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Putoto
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dye
authors.affiliation: European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), The Hague, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ole F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Olesen
authors.affiliation: Departments of Learning, Informatics, Management, Ethics and Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
authors.forename: Göran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tomson
authors.affiliation: Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Centre Brussels, Belgium; Medical Department, Operations Research Unit (LUXOR), Médecins Sans Frontières, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
authors.forename: Rony
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zachariah
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D009874:Operations Research