A ten country study

A joint project of Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of the WHO, COHRED and the Gulf Cooperation Council

This partnership was formed in 2005 to strengthen the capacities of health research systems in the Eastern Mediterranean region. To inform these efforts a National Health Research System (NHRS) Mapping study was done with partners from ten countries in the region. It was a priority for all partners to have rapid and actionable results from this work.

The study identified gaps in NHRS governance and management in a number of participating countries. Many are now acting on the findings of the study. The full results have been published in the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal.

The WHO-EMRO – COHRED – Gulf Cooperation Council NHRS Collaborative

Dr Alaa H Abou-Zeid
Technical Officer
Research Policy and Cooperation Unit
Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of the World Health Organization
A R Al Sanhouri St. Nasr City, P O Box 7608
Cairo, 11371,
Egypt.

Prof Hassen Ghannem
Director
Department of Epidemiology
University Hospital Farhat Hached
4000 Sousse
Tunisia

Prof Carel IJsselmuiden
Director
Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED)
1-5 Route de Morillons
1211 Geneva
Switzerland

Dr Andrew Kennedy
Senior Research Officer
Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED)
1-5 Route de Morillons
1211 Geneva
Switzerland

Dr. Tawfik A M Khoja
Family Physician Consultant
Director General Executive Board,
Health Ministers’ Council for Cooperation Council States
PO Box 7431
Riyadh 11462
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Mohamed S. Hussein
Chief of Medical Review Office
Ministry of Health
Bahrain

Dr Mai Saob
Head of Information & Research Department
Ministry of Health
Jordan

Dr. Abdullah, M. Al – Bedah
Former Director Medical Research Department
Ministry of Health
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Abdulaziz Khalaf Abdullah Karam
Coordinator Health Research
Ministry of Health
Kuwait

Dr Salim Adib
Department of Public Health and Health Management
Faculty of Medicine St Joseph University (USJ)
PO Box 175027 Beirut
Lebanon

Dr. Asya Al-Reyami
Director of Health Research Unit
Ministry of Health
Oman

Dr. Naser Ali Asad Al-Ansari
Chairman of the Research Committee and Head of Medical Research Center
Hamad Medical Corporation
Qatar

Dr Noureddine Bouzouaia
General Director of Public
Health Ministry of Health
Tunisia

Dr. Abdullah Al-Naimi
Director of Planning & Computer Dept.
Ministry of Health
United Arab Emirates

Dr. Tarek Salah Asaad
Coordinator Health Research
Ministry of Health and Population
Yemen