GSMA: Health Research Program

The GSMA in partnership with various national authorities and other industry stakeholders commenced a research programme in 2000 to address World Health Organization (WHO) identified research priorities.

A key requirement of supporting this type of research has been to ensure that the researchers are responsible for the scientific integrity of the studies with a requirement for open publication of the findings in the peer reviewed scientific literature. The GSMA generally contributes partial funding to these studies in partnership with public health agencies. In some case independent experts are appointed to monitor scientific progress and recommend progress payments. These mechanisms provide milestone and budget accountability without compromising the scientific independence of the research. All biological studies are subject to the ethics procedures of the research institution.

The studies are reported in the open peer-reviewed scientific literature and the outputs will be available to the planned WHO health risk assessments of radiofrequency (RF) fields.

In separate pages we provide more details on each GSMA research program and the publications arising.