Cameroon and COHRED work supports better evidence for the health sector and better donor alignment with national priorities

World Health Assembly – Geneva, May 16, 2007. The importance of strong national systems in making health research more effective for improved population health has been confirmed today, with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between Ministry of Public Health the Republic of the Cameroon and the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED), the international non-governmental organisation.

The agreement is probably the first of its kind in the world of health research for development, as it focuses specifically on creating a long-term partnership to build and strengthen Cameroon’s national system for producing and delivering health research to meet national and global health priorities.