• Building capacity for pharmaceutical innovation
• Supporting implementation of the Global Strategy and Plan of Action in Africa

Many African countries have the desire and potential to engage in ‘pharmaceutical innovation’ – the local development and production of medicines and other health interventions, to meet their pressing public health needs. To do this countries need new skills and accurate data on their current situation.

New partnership will help Latin American countries strengthen research systems for health

Two specialist organizations join forces to improve health research skills, systems and information.

Geneva-Washington DC, October 22, 2009. Latin American countries will get support and useful information to improve health research and share knowledge and evidence; through an agreement signed this month by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Council Health Research for Development (COHRED).

OPINION
(Published in the The Monitor, Kampala, Uganda, June 25, 2006)

Uganda: Reversing Brain Drain Can Be Easy…
If rewards and promotions are based talent, not seniority

By Carel Ijsselmuiden
Last month Uganda held its maiden President’s Science Awards ceremony as a
significant effort in recognising the often unsung heroes in the sciences.

STRONG NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH SYTEMS ENABLE SUCCESS OF HEALTH SECTOR REFORM
 

Cameroon and COHRED work supports better evidence for the health sector and better donor alignment with national priorities

World Health Assembly – Geneva, May 16, 2007.

Foundation’s management will guide COHRED’s drive in national health research system development.

Geneva, April 9, 2008.

The Board of COHRED announced today the election of the organisation’s next board chair, Dr. Cheikh Seydil Moctar Mbacké, a demographer, researcher and senior research manager with extensive experience in population health in Africa and Asia. From the end of this year, he will succeed Professor Marian Jacobs,