About ZonMw

ZonMw is the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development: a public funding body that designs and funds programmes to generate knowledge, innovation and implementation in health, care and wellbeing. It supports the full knowledge chain from fundamental research to applied and implementation projects, and works closely with policy-makers, care professionals, researchers, educators and entrepreneurs. Its mission is stated as “working with knowledge to realise good health for everybody.”

Collaborations with GHH-partners

Although no publicly documented, exclusive collaborations with specific GHH partners were identified. ZonMw works extensively in thematic areas that directly intersect with the work of many GHH partners, including health systems strengthening, SRHR, pandemic preparedness, and climate & health.

Overview of characteristics

Activities:

  • Netherlands (primarily): as funder of health and care research and innovation. | Source: zonmw.nl
  • International: ZonMw is a member of international networks for pandemic preparedness (e.g., GLOPID-R). | Source: glopid-r.org ; zonmw.nl
    Examples of programs:
    • “Pandemic Preparedness” programme (regulatory, one-health, cross-sectoral) for the Netherlands and working in partnership internationally.
    • “Climate and Health” programmes (Climate & Health; Climate & Health 2) which fund research on health impacts of climate change, sustainable care, etc.
  • Mode of working: ZonMw designs programmes based on knowledge-agenda setting, identifies knowledge gaps, funds research and innovation, supports implementation and emphasizes usage of knowledge in practice. | Source: zonmw.nl

Community of Practice (CoP):

CoP1: Strengthening Health Systems

CoP2: Pandemic Preparedness

CoP3: Climate Change and Health

Themes & subthemes within CoP1, CoP2 and CoP3

CoP1 – Strengthening Health Systems

Themes:

  • Health systems research & innovation (e.g., programme “Transforming Health & Care Systems”). | Source: zonmw.nl
  • Implementation of knowledge and bridging research-to-practice to improve access, quality, efficiency of care. | Source: zonmw.nl
  • Integrating prevention, chronic disease management, care system sustainability.

Subthemes:

  • Care transformation, e.g., specialist care delivered differently (“right care, right place”). | Source: zonmw.nl
  • Knowledge utilisation – making sure research is translated into practice across health systems. | Source: zonmw.nl
  • Addressing health inequities via systems innovation (programmes with a social-equity lens).

CoP2 – Pandemic Preparedness

Themes:

  • Pandemic preparedness research & regulatory readiness (e.g., Regulatory Pandemic Preparedness subprogramme). | Source: zonmw.nl
  • Ensuring continuity of regular care during crisis situations (e.g., programme “Continuation of Regular Care – Pandemic Preparedness”). | Source: zonmw.nl
  • One Health, AMR and infectious disease research embedded in pandemic frameworks. | Source: glopid-r.org

Subthemes:

  • Regulatory innovation for faster availability of treatments in pandemics. | Source: zonmw.nl
  • Digital tools/data for crisis health systems readiness and care coordination. | Source: zonmw.nl
  • Cross-sectoral, multidisciplinary and international partnerships for preparedness. | Source: zonmw.nl

CoP3 – Climate Change & Health

Themes:

  • Climate change and health research (e.g., programme “Climate and Health”, “Climate and Health 2”). | Source: zonmw.nl
  • Sustainable healthcare and planetary health agenda (including sustainable care models). | Source: zonmw.nl
  • Integrative policy & planetary health (e.g., NWA “Building blocks for integrated policy on Planetary Health”). | Source: zonmw.nl

Subthemes

  • Health effects of climate change: heat waves, allergies, air quality, vector-borne disease. | Source: zonmw.nl
  • Sustainable healthcare systems: reducing environmental footprint of care, “undelivered healthcare” concept. | Source: zonmw.nl
  • Policy integration: linking health, climate, environment and justice in research agendas. | Source: zonmw.nl

Organization type:

Knowledge institute

Available resources:

  • Knowledge & expertise: expertise in designing national knowledge agendas, funding large programmes across health systems, pandemic preparedness and climate-health.
  • Networks: Connections across government (VWS, NWO), academia, healthcare providers, industry and international research networks (GLOPID-R, EU partnerships).
  • Influence / policy leverage: As a major national funder and programme designer, ZonMw shapes what health systems research and innovation gets funded in the Netherlands and internationally.
  • Financial / operational capacity: Manages large grant programmes, multiple clusters, offers funding opportunities across the knowledge chain from research to implementation. | Source: zonmw.nl
  • Coordination capacity: Can convene stakeholders, signal knowledge gaps, manage translation from research to practice, and connect cross-sectoral actors (policy, care, research, industry) in national and international consortia.

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