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Chorus
Chorus
CHORUS is a Research Programme Consortium that brings together health researchers from Africa, South Asia and the UK. CHORUS works with communities, health professionals and city level decision makers to develop and test ways to improve the health of the poorest urban residents.
As rapid and uncontrolled urbanisation continues across low- and middle-income countries, health systems are struggling to keep up, and the needs of poor urban communities are often not met. This is especially true for those experiencing exclusion due to intersections with gender, caste, ethnicity, religion and disability. Many of the challenges to good health among urban residents are created by the wider urban environment such as inadequate water and sanitation provision, air pollution, urban design that favours vehicles and the influential role of commercial organisations and easy access to unhealthy diets, tobacco and substance abuse.
The CHORUS vision is to address these multi-sectoral challenges and help build resilience in urban health systems. Our demand-led approach works with poor communities to understand their health needs and design and evaluate interventions that will drive the improvement of the urban health system. We work closely with urban policymakers and providers to ensure that the interventions we co-design are consistent with policy objectives and are feasible and sustainable. Our response is divided into four Research Pillars
COUNTRIES WE WORK IN
Researchers from Ghana, Nigeria, Bangladesh and Nepal are working with communities, health providers and city governments in rapidly expanding cities to design, build and evaluate health system interventions that respond to the needs of poor urban populations.
Read more about our key projects.
Strengthening NCD care for urban poor populations
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Strategic health purchasing models for urban Bangladesh
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Supporting promotive and preventative health services in urban poor communities
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Can implementing Public-Private Networks of Practice improve health service coverage for the urban poor
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Strengthening urban health systems with an Urban Data Hub
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Strengthening urban health systems with an Urban Data Hub
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Linking the formal and informal health providers for improved quality of healthcare in urban slums
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Mainstreaming Health in All Sectors
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To support the CHORUS vision to help build responsive, resilient and equitable urban health systems, our four research pillars are
supported by our core foundations and principles of the consortium: capacity strengthening, research uptake for impact,
redressing gender and social inequities; equitable partnerships and quality research. Explore more below.
Early and mid career researchers from across CHORUS were invited to submit applications for our Innovation Fund.
We’ve now funded 17 smaller, innovative projects that explore key issues for groups of urban residents facing exclusion,
and extend our knowledge in relation to our research pillars.
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