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Kenya

1. Research for health – national priorities	5. Resources
2. Research for health – policies and governance	6. Country Background
3. Key Institutions	7. Country Reviewers
4. Research Financing and Partnership

1. Research for health – national priorities


	*Update in progress*

2. Research for health – policies and
governance


	In this section we will provide links to national policies relevant to health research where these exist. We are in the process of compiling this information, which will be posted in the next phase.

3. Key Institutions


•	Government	Hon.Charity Kaluki Ngilu Minister for Public Health Ministry of Health P.O. Box 30016 Nairobi Hon. Dr. Enoch Kibunguchy Assistant minister for health-Public Health Web:http://www.health.go.ke
•	Research Councils	• Kenya Medical Research Institute PO Box 54840 00200 Nairobi Kenya Web:http://www.kemri.org Dr Davy Kiprotich Koech Director Tel:+254 20 722541 Fax:+254 20 720030 • National Health Research and Development Centre PO Box 30623 Nairobi Dr Mohamed Said Abdullah Treasurer Tel:+254 2 740 607 Fax:+254 2 747 417 Professor Justin Irina Chairman
•	Academic Institutions and Research Institutions (non-profit)	College of Health Sciences University of Nairobi BOX 19676 Nairobi Kenya Faculty of Health Sciences Moi University Lumumba Avenue PO Box 4606 Eldoret Tel.: +254 (321) 615 62 Fax: +254 (321) 330 41 Telex: 35047 moivarsity ke E-mail: medlibmoi@ken.healthnet.org
•	Civil Society Organisations / NGOs	*Update in progress*
•	Private Research Institutions (for profit)	*Update in progress*
•	Other	*Update in progress*

4. Research Financing and Partnership


•	Internal funding - Update in progress
•	External funding - Update in progress

5. Resources


•	Health Systems 20/20
•	Can communities influence national health research agendas? COHRED Record Paper 3 2006
•	Assessing the Efficacy of Health Research as a Development Strategy in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. NYU Wagner – COHRED Capstone Project, 2006
•	Research capacity strengthening: creating demand for research in Kenya Learning Brief 2001/2 2001
•	Kenyan Consultative Process on Health Research - a Summary African consultative process, in preparation for the International Conference on Health Research for Development 2000
•	Essential National Health Research in Kenya 1998
•	Research into Action, Issue 6 COHRED's newsletter 1996
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6. Country Background


•	WHO
•	World Bank
•	Canadian International Development Agency ( CIDA )
•	CIA

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National Health Research Systems are continually evolving. This resource will be updated through COHRED’s alliance of southern and northern partners. We also value your input and perspectives. All comments, questions and contribution are welcome at: Healthresearchweb@cohred.org

Last updated: 14 July, 2008