INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR ACTION AND RESEARCH ON TOBACCO

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1 INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR ACTION AND RESEARCH ON TOBACCO Opportunities for collaboration with low- and middle-income countries Alison Cox, Director for Cancer Prevention, CRUK 19 th July, 2014 ASH Scotland Conference

2 ICART PRESENTATION OUTLINE Inception Development A Call to Action The ICART concept CRUK investment

3 Inception With respect to modifiable risk factors for cancer, there is a consensus that tobacco use remains by far the most important at a global level Dr Harold Varmus Director, NCI Dr Harpal Kumar CEO, CRUK 3

4 Development Third Meeting Cancer Research Funders, 14 th January 2014, INCa Paris Championing Tobacco Control Portfolio Analysis for Strategic Investment GCTCR NCI & CRUK to develop proposal Bilateral Discussions July November 2014 Tobacco Control funders Cancer Research funders Tobacco Control researchers ToFu Launch at UICC World Cancer Congress, 5 th December 2014, Melbourne ICART 4

5 Melbourne Call to Action CONSIDERATIONS: FCTC evidence-based treaty Research has been essential to progress Much of the research comes from HICs LMICs need local research and local researchers 5 CALL TO ACTION: Mobilise cancer agencies Raise awareness Increase coordination Increase investment Advocate for the role of research CRUK, NCI, UICC, Cancer Council Australia and Cancer Council Victoria, The McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, Irish Cancer Society, the French Institut National du Cancer, Norwegian Cancer Society, The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, the Latin American & Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology, the Singapore Cancer Society and the Centre for Global Health Research at the University of Toronto

6 Moving from individual funding programmes to establishing an international consortium with more cancer agencies joining NCI NCI NCI CRUK CRUK ICART CRUK ICART More cancer agencies INCa INCa INCa to working with existing tobacco control funders and enlisting new funders Existing tobacco control funders CRUK NCI ICART INCa More cancer agencies New funders Existing tobacco control funders NCI ICART CRUK More cancer agencies INCa

7 ICART: light-touch collaboration Portfolio analysis: Build shared understanding of existing funding and research priorities to inform future investment Increase capacity to deliver research that supports action on FCTC implementation Increase coordination to help build networks, capacity and add value Increase investment in tobacco control evidence base and champion investment in FCTC implementation

8 Cancer Research UK Investment 5 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS New grants programme for research in LMICs Fellowships and capacity building Priorities: tobacco taxes and making the economic case for TC Two staff positions Secretariat support for ICART

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10 ICART WCTOH, Abu Dhabi QUESTIONS TO INFORM IMPACTFUL RESEARCH Review the Bloomberg Award winners to analyse what made them winners: at least 15 potential studies. Why don t we ask governments and the public what research would motivate you not what motivates funders? Structured, consistent, useable economic information feeding directly into policy-making cycles for budget and tax decisions Look at where you are in the dissemination cycle different research is needed at different points Where are the Private Public Partnerships for Tobacco Control such as the ones seen for HIV, Malaria etc?

11 Plans for the future SHORT TO MEDIUM TERM Funding partnerships for CRUK programme - Build information sharing platforms Identify opportunities for cross-programme cooperation Build dialogue about research portfolios and priorities Recruit new international funders

12 Plans for the future: MEDIUM TO LONG TERM Promotes sustainable funding for tobacco control Tax and economic research helps promote TC to LMIC governments LMIC governments prioritise TC within own plans Big funders act as advocates to bi- and muli-lateral funding institutions

13 Thank you 13