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Accountable priority setting for trust in health systems - the need for research into a new approach for strengthening sustainable health action in developing countries Jens Byskov*1, Paul Bloch1, Astrid Blystad2, Anna-Karin Hurtig3, Knut Fylkesnes4, Peter Kamuzora5, Yeri Kombe6, Gunnar Kvåle4, Bruno Marchal7, Douglas K Martin8, Charles Michelo9, Benedict Ndawi10, Thabale J Ngulube11, Isaac Nyamongo12, Øystein E Olsen1,13, Washington Onyango-Ouma12, Ingvild F Sandøy4, Elizabeth H Shayo14, Gavin Silwamba9, Nils Gunnar Songstad4 and Mary Tuba9 Address: 1DBL - Centre for Health Research and Development, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 57, DK 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark, 2Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care (ISF) and Centre for International Health (CIH), University of Bergen, PO Box 7804, 5020 Bergen, Norway, 3Umea International School of Public Health (UISPH) Umea University, SE 90185 Umea, Sweden, 4Centre for International Health (CIH), University of Bergen, PO Box 7804, 5020 Bergen, Norway, 5Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar Es Salaam, PO Box 35169, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 6Centre for Public Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Box 20752, Nairobi 00202, Kenya, 7Department of Public Health, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium, 8Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and the Joint Centre of Bioethics, University of Toronto, 88 College St, Toronto ON, M5G-1L4, Canada , 9Department of Community Medicine (DCM), School of Medicine, PO Box 50110, University of Zambia, Zambia, 10Primary Health Care Institute (PHCI) PO Box 235, Iringa, Tanzania, 11Institute of Economic and Social Research (INESOR), PO Box 30900, University of Zambia, Zambia, 12Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies (IAGAS) University of Nairobi, PO Box 30197, Nairobi 00100, Kenya, 13Haydom Lutheran Hospital, PO Mbulu, Manyara, Tanzania and 14National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), PO Box 9653, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Email: Jens Byskov* - [email protected]; Paul Bloch - [email protected]; Astrid Blystad - [email protected]; Anna-Karin Hurtig - [email protected]; Knut Fylkesnes - [email protected]; Peter Kamuzora - [email protected]; Yeri Kombe - [email protected]; Gunnar Kvåle - [email protected]; Bruno Marchal - [email protected]; Douglas K Martin - [email protected]; Charles Michelo - [email protected]; Benedict Ndawi - [email protected]; Thabale J Ngulube - [email protected]; Isaac Nyamongo - [email protected]; Øystein E Olsen - [email protected]; Washington Onyango-Ouma - [email protected]; Ingvild F Sandøy - [email protected]; Elizabeth H Shayo - [email protected]; Gavin Silwamba - [email protected]; Nils Gunnar Songstad - [email protected]; Mary Tuba - [email protected] * Corresponding author

Published: 24 October 2009 He