Canada's International Development Research Centre will not be spending less on health-related research and activities, says its sub-Saharan Africa regional director.
Speaking to Research Africa last week, Simon Carter said the health and ICT portfolios were moved to other thematic areas—not removed entirely—in the organisation’s recently published strategic plan for 2015-2020.
Health and ICT were designated individually as focus areas in the IDRC’s previous strategic plan. But Carter says health has been moved to the social and economic policies programme, while ICT research has moved to the technology and innovation programme.
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