Archive for category: Director’s Corner

Irish Forum for Global Health highlights value of national research for health systems…

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Earlier this month, the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) participated in theIrish Forum for Global Health’s 2012 conference, which had the theme Pathways to Health. The two-day meeting was well-received by participants: it contained stimulating research, inspiring keynote addresses and a central focus on the topic of human resources for health. There was […]

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Audio clip: COHRED’s Prof. Carel IJsselmuiden speaks to SABC’s Channel Africa about Forum 2012

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On Wednesday the 25th of January 2012 – Jane Mathebula of the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) Channel Africa spoke to the Director of the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED), Prof. Carel IJssselmuiden about Forum 2012 www.forum2012.org The Forum is focused on the theme: ‘Beyond aid…research and innovation as key drivers for health, […]

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Forum 2012 aims to prioritise local solutions to local problems…

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Building on the achievements of the Global Forum for Health Research, we as The COHRED Group  are proud to take up the challenge of pursuing the organisation of the well-known and respected Global Forum for Health Research meetings. The next meeting will be held in Cape Town (South Africa), from the 24th to the 26th of […]

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COHRED’s HRWeb receives positive mention in bioethics report to President Obama…

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The COHRED Group’s Health Research Web (HRWeb), an online-based information and management platform has managed to get an honorable mention in the most recent report of the US Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethics.   On page 49 of the Report, which is titled “Moral Science – Protecting Participants in Human Subjects Research”, HRWeb […]

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COHRED’s Health Research Web (HRWeb) sets out to support institutional research management information systems…

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A collaboration, which started in 2010, between the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) and the INDEPTH Secretariat has led to the set-up of an online platform that will enable the Secretariat to better understand and leverage the capacity of the research institutions that are part of the network. The platform will also help […]

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Policymakers, researchers, NEPAD join hands with COHRED to spur research and innovation for health in Africa…

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The first ever cross-country and advisor meetings for the Research for Health Africa (R4HA)  initiative on the strengthening of national governance of research and innovation for health in Africa were recently held in Midrand, South Africa from 17-19, October, 2011. At the meetings, representatives of the health and science and technology sectors of three African […]

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COHRED and partners gear up for engagement on research and innovation for health in Latin America

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By Francisco Becerra The Council on Health Research and Development (COHRED) is busy working with the Governments of Panama and Brazil, and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on the upcoming 2nd Latin American Conference on ‘Research and Innovation for Health’. The conference will take place in Panama City, Panama, between the 23rd and 25th […]

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4 countries in West Africa set out to implement project on Strengthening Research for Health Systems

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Four West African countries – Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali and Sierra Leone, have officially joined the ‘Strengthening Research for Health System Development in West Africa’ project. This project is a four-year effort financed by the International Development Research Centre – Canada (IDRC), and the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), with technical facilitation provided by COHREDi. […]

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Cape Town to host 2012 Global Health Research Forum… Focus is on going beyond aid in health…

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The 2012 Global Health Research Forum (Forum 2012) entitled “Beyond aid… research and innovation as key drivers for health, equity and development” will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 24 to 26 April 2012. In line with the emerging consensus from the South, Forum 2012 will focus on a new world – one […]

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The Ethics of Data Sharing

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A position paper voicing the collective perspective of the global South on data sharing will be one of the outcomes of a two –day workshop under three broad themes: ethics, sustainability, and operational/technical considerations in Nairobi on the ethics of data sharing. The workshop, jointly convened by the International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of […]

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