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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


	• Health Research Priorities – mayor topics*

2. Research for health – policies and
governance


	• Plan Nacional de Desarrollo - Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Ministerio de Planificación del Desarrollo, junio de 2006
	• Política Nacional de Salud Ministerio de Saud y Deportes, noviembre, 2004

3. Key Institutions


•	Government	• Dr. Walter Selum Ministra de Salud y Deportes Ministerio de Salud y Deportes Plaza del Estudiante esq. Cañada Strongest s/n, La Paz - Bolivia Tel-Fax: (+591-2) 2492926 / (+591-2) 2481406 Email: info@sns.gov.bo • Dr. Juan Alberto Nogales Vice- Ministro de Salud y Deportes • Lic. Miguel Velaszquez Vice ministro de Ciencia y Tecnología Ministerio de Planificación del Desarrollo Nº esq. Oruro Nº 1092 - Piso 6 Casilla de correo 12814 La Paz - Bolivia Tel: (+591-2) 2311381 - 2116000 Int. 1600 Lic. Karem Milenka Vásquez Salazar Directora General de Ciencia y Tecnología Tel: +211600 int 1607 Email: kvasquez@planificacion.gov.bo
•	Research Councils	• Bolivian Academy of Medicine Calle Ballivian 1266 PO Box 14094 La Paz Professor Jaime L. Rios-Dalenz Professor Emeritus Medical School Tel: (+ 591 2) 2795-815, 2203-649 Fax: (+ 591 2) 2203-643, 2245-343 Email: academbol@hotmail.com jriosdal@yahoo.com
•	Academic Institutions and Research Institutions (non-profit)	• Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA) UMSA 2008, La Paz - Bolivia Av. Villazón 1995 Monoblock Central Tel: +(591 - 2) 2352232 Email: webmaster@umsa.bo Web: http://www.umsa.bo/umsa/app • Universidad Mayor de San Simón (UMSS) Facultad de Medicina "Dr. Aurelio Melean" Avenida Aniceto Arce 379, Cochabamba Tel: +(591) 4 423 1508, 425 4910 Fax: +(591) 4 423 1690 Email: medicina@med.umss.edu.bo Web: http://www.med.umss.edu.bo/ • Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar Calle R. Audiencia No. 73 Tel: +(591-4) 6460265 Fax: +(591-4) 6460833 Casilla No. 545 Sucre - BOLIVIA Email: uasb@uasb.edu.bo Web: http://www.uasb.edu.bo/universidad/ • More:
•	Civil Society Organisations / NGOs	• PROCOSI (Programa de Coordinación en Salud Integral) Avenida 20 de Octubre Nº 2164 (entre Fernando Guachalla y Aspiazu), Sopocachi, La Paz - Bolivia Tel: (+591-2) 241-6061, 241-4335 Fax: (+591-2) 242-4148 Email: info@procosi.org.bo Web: http://www.procosi.org.bo/
•	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
•	Health research systems development in Latin America (Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua) Record Paper 6 2006 Resumen en español
•	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 into Action, Issue 25 The Newsletter of the Council on Health Research for Development 2001

6. Country Background


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

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Last updated: 14 July, 2008