“Untie” aid to allow health researchers in lower income countries to lead projects, UK told

The UK’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) should “untie its aid” to enable researchers in low and middle income countries (LMICs) to fully lead projects and give them the choice to collaborate with partners around the world, not just in the UK, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has said.1

An ICAI report assessed the relevance of DHSC’s strategy and approach to global health research and found that …