The Trust has long standing experience in the diseases of poverty, particularly TB, HIV and malaria
and a strong
community and equity focus. It uses social, clinical and biomedical research to
approach these issues.
REACH has a broad range of expertise on which it draws to implement its research and consultancy
projects.
Social Science - is a key strength of the Trust, with a number of researchers and senior researchers
with longstanding experience and qualifications in this area.
This includes qualitative and quantitative
research methods, community mobilisation, gender analysis, promoting equity, development
of
pro-poor
policies and identifying barriers to accessing care.
Biomedical and Clinical Research - the Trust also has core strengths in clinical and
biomedical
research. This includes conducting research into the effect of different diagnostic strategies
on improving access and quality on poor and vulnerable patients. The Trust also provides
support
to the National TB Control Programme in the development and implementation of national
clinical surveys.
Health Communications - developing community level communications
Health Economics - including analysing the cost-effectiveness of development
interventions
Epidemiology -
Advocacy and policy influence - research conducted by the Trust is used to advocate for equitable
and pro-poor
