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Zambia

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

• List of Health research priorities

2. Research for health – policies and
governance


	• National Health Strategic Plan (NHSP 2008 – 2011) Ministry of Health *this document will be available soon*

	• National Health Research Strategic Plan (NHRSP 2008 – 2011) drafted

	• National Health Research Policies and Strategies 2004 drafted *this document will be available soon*

	• The Science and Technology Act, 1997. *this document will be available soon*

	• National Health Policies and Strategies, 1992. Ministry of Health *this document will be available soon*

3. Key Institutions


•	Government	Hon.Brigadier General Dr. Brian Chituwo (MP) Minister of Health Ministry of Health Ndeke House P. O. Box 30205 Lusaka Tel:+260-1-253040-5 Fax:+260-1-253344 Web:http://www.moh.gov.zm/
•	Research Councils	• National Health Research Advisory Committee (NHRAC) Review of Terms of Reference in Process *Update in progress* • The National Council of Science and Technology (NCST) *Update in progress*
•	Academic Institutions and Research Institutions (non-profit)	• The Tropical Diseases Research Centre (TDRC) PO Box 71769 Ndola Dr. Emmanuel Kafwembe Executive Director Tel::+260 97 7 787416 Fax::+260 2 612837 • School Of Medicine University Of Zambia Nationalist road PO BOX 50110 Lusaka Zambia Tel:+ 260-1-252641, Fax:+ 260-1-250753, E-Mail:assistdeangeneral@yahoo.com for further Details Contact the webmaster Web:http://www.medguide.org.zm/somnew/Default.html Prof. Yakub F. Mulla Dean • The Institute of Economic and Social Research (INESOR) University of Zambia Lusaka Tel:+ 260 1 294673 / 294131 Fax:+260 1 294291 / 253952 E-Mail:inesor@zamnet.zm Dr. Mutumba Bull Director • MACHA Malaria Research Institute (MMRI) P.O. Box 630166 Choma, Zambia Web:http://www.mmri.net/ Phil Thuma Executive Director • International institutes Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) Dr. Jeff Stringer Director *Update in progress* Centre for Disease Control (CDC) Dr. Bulterys Marc Director
•	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

5. Resources

•	Assessing the Efficacy of Health Research as a Development Strategy in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. NYU Wagner – COHRED Capstone Project, 2006
•	Status of Health Research in Zambia, Report on the Zambian Consultative Process African consultative process, in preparation for the International Conference on Health Research for Development (Bangkok,2000) 2000
•	Research into Action, Issue 15 The Newsletter of the Council on Health Research for Development 1999
•	ENHR Country Visit Report Zambia 18-20 July 1995 and 2-4 September 1997 1997

6. Country Background


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

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Last updated: 27 August, 2008