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Africa

1. Research for health – regional priorities	4. Research Financing and Partnership
2. Research for health – policies and governance	5. Resources
3. Key Institutions	6. Regional editors

1. Research for health – regional priorities


	• Priorities for health research in Africa

2. Research for health – policies and
governance


•	Africa Health Strategy: 2007 – 2015. Strengthening of Health Systems for Equity and Development in Africa - Third Session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Health, Johannesburg, South Africa, 9– 13 April 2007

•	High Level Ministerial Meeting on Health Research in Africa (8 – 10 March 2006,) Abuja, Nigeria – Communique

•	Health Research for Diseases Control and Development. African Health Ministers Communiqué on Health Research. Accra, Ghana 2006

•	The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD): Health Strategy

•	Cairo Declaration of the Extraordinary Conference of the African Minsterial Council on Science and Technology 24th November 2006. Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt. *this document will soon be available*

•	Africa Health Strategy (2007 – 2015) “Strengthening of Health Systems for Equity and Development in Africa”, Third session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Health, Johannesburg, South Africa, 9– 13 april 2007 *this document will soon be available*

•	Southern African Development Community (SADC): SADC Protocols – Protocols on Health this document will soon be available

3. Key Institutions


•	Africa Health Workforce Observatory c/o World Health Organization - Regional Office for Africa Division of Health Systems and Services Development (DSD) BP 6 Brazzaville Republique of Congo Tel:+ 47 241 39169 Fax:+ 47 241 39511 Email: observatory@afro.who.int Web:http://www.afro.who.int/hrh-observatory/index.html

•	African Technology Policy Studies (ATPS) Network 3rd Floor, The Chancery, Valley Rd., Nairobi, Kenya P.O Box 10081 00100 Tel:+254 020 2714092, 2714168 Fax:+254 020 2714028 Email: info@atpsnet.org Web:http://www.atpsnet.org/

•	Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop x Canal IV, BP 3304, Dakar 18524, Senegal Tel:+221 33 825 98 22/23 Fax:+221 33 824 12 89 Email: codesria@codesria.sn Web:http://www.codesria.org/

•	New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) The Development Bank Of SA 1258 Lever Road Midrand (Johannesburg) 1685 South Africa Tel: +27 11 313 3716 NEPAD Secretariat P.O. Box 1234 Halfway House Midrand 1685 South Africa Web:http://www.nepad.org/2005/files/home.php Dr. John Mugabe Science & Technology Advisor Tel:+27 12 841 4622 Fax:+27 12 841 4094 Email: john@nrf.ac.za Dr. Eric Buch Health Advisor Tel:+27 12 841-3215 Fax:+27-12-841-3328 Email: ebuch@medic.up.ac.za

•	Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (S.A.H.A.R.A.) Web:http://www.sahara.org.za/ (hosted by) Human Sciences Research Council Private Bag X41 HSRC Building 134 Pretorius Street 0001 PRETORIA South Africa Tel: (012) 302 2000 / 2999 Fax: (012) 302 2001 / 2002 Email: helpdesk@hsrc.ac.za Web:www.hsrc.ac.za

•	Southern African Development Community (SADC) Social and Human Development & Special Programmes (SHD&SP) Tel:+267 395 1863 Fax:+267 397 2848 Email: registry@sadc.int Web:http://www.sadc.int/

•	The East Africa Health Research Commission (is in the process of being established) East African Community Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC) Building Kilimanjaro Wing, 5th Floor P.O. Box 1096 Arusha, TANZANIA Email: eac@eachq.org Tel:+255 27 2504253/4/6/7/8 Fax:+255 27 2504255/2504481

•	The Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) P.O. Box 31971 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Tel:+251-11-1239484 Fax:+251-11-1223921 Email: ossrea@ethionet.et Web:http://www.ossrea.net/index.htm

•	World Health Organization - Regional Office for Africa Cité du Djoué, P.O.Box 06 Brazzaville, Congo Tel:+ (47 241) 39100 / + (242) 770 02 02 Fax:+ (47 241) 39503 Email: Web:http://www.afro.who.int/

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4. Research Financing and Partnership


•	Internal funding - information is currently being collected and will soon be available
•	External funding - information is currently being collected and will soon be available

5. Resources


•	Health Systems Research. Does it make a difference? The Joint Project on Health Systems Research for Eastern and Southern Africa. Harare / Zimbabwe, February 1996

•	The Health of People. The African Regional Health Report. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Africa. 2006 this document will soon be available

Useful links

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AfriHealth

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Africa Health Research Organization - AHRO

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African Networks for Health Research & Development' (AFRO-NETS)

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EDCTP

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EQUINET

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EVIPNet Africa

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INDEPTH Network

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NEPAD (health)
NEPAD (S&T)

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Regional East African Community Health (REACH)

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Regional Network on Equity in Health in Southern Africa

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SARA

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SciDev.Net (Sub-Saharan Africa)
SciDev.Net (Middle East & North Africa)

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Social Science and Medecine Africa Network (SOMANET)

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The East African Disease Surveillance Network

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The East African Network for Monitoring Anti-malarial Treatment

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Thirld World Network

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West African Framework Program for Global Health

6. Regional editors

Last updated: 29 April, 2008