Guest editor conclusion: research agenda-setting for faith and health in development – where to now?

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Jill Olivier is a Senior Lecturer and Research Coordinator at the University of Cape Town in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Health Policy and Systems Division. She is the Director of the International Religious Health Assets Programme (IRHAP) and holds a PhD in Development Sociology.

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Jill Olivier http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9155-6896

Notes

1. One ongoing systematic review project is the Collaborative for HIV and AIDS, Religion and Theology (CHART, University of KwaZulu Natal), that has been reviewing materials on religion and HIV/AIDS (in English, French, Spanish and German, materials spanning from 1985 to 2016). The other is a database run by the International Religious Health Assets Program (IRHAP), gathering materials on religion and public health in development contexts, with English and French materials from 1960 to 2016.

2. There are some signs of change. For example, in a recent research grant application for large-scale health systems research on non-state health providers, funded by the WHO, three of the eight studies awarded grants are focused on faith-based providers in Africa (AHPSR 2014). This, however, is not the norm.

3. Examples include the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLIF&LC), or the World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD).