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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

Update in progress

2. Research for health – policies and
governance


	• National Health Plan (2003-2007), The Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Health Ministry of Health, Guyana, March 2003 *this document will be available soon*

3. Key Institutions


•	Government	• Hon. Dr. Leslie Ramsammy MP Minister of Health Ministry of Health Brickdam Georgetown Guyana Tel: +592 226 5861-5, 226-1560 Fax: +592 225 4505 Email: ministerofhealth@gmail.com Web: http://www.health.gov.gy/index.html • Dr. Henry Jeffrey Minister of Education Ministry of Education 21 Brickdam Georgetown Guyana Tel: Switchboard (21/26 Brickdam): +592 223-7900 Email: moegyweb@yahoo.com Web: http://www.moe.gov.gy/
•	Research Councils	• National Science and Research Council (NSRC) *Update in progress* • Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) UG Campus, Turkeyen Greater Georgetown Guyana Tel: +592 222 4212-5 / 222 5864 Fax: +592 222 4229 Email: iast@networksgy.com Web: www.iastguyana.org
•	Academic Institutions and Research Institutions (non-profit)	• Guyana Agency for Health, Education and Food *Update in progress* • University of Guyana Faculty of Health Sciences Medical School Turkeyen Campus, East Coast Demerara P.O. Box 101110 Georgetown Guyana Tel: +592 222 3586 Fax: +592 222 4181 Web: http://www.uog.edu.gy/ • American International School of Medicine 89 Sandy Babb and Middleton Sts Georgetown Guyana Tel: +770 465 9966 Fax: +413 473 6329 Web: http://www.aism.edu
•	Civil Society Organisations / NGOs	• Guyana Medical Council (GMA) 225, Camp St. Georgetown Guyana Web: http://www.guyanamedicalassociation.org/index.html
•	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


	In this section we will provide links to available literature describing or analysing the performance of the national health research system. We are in the process of compiling this information, which will be posted in the next phase.

6. Country Background


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

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Last updated: 23 April, 2008