Archive for month: June, 2009
Press Kits & Background
Welcome to the Press Kit and Background section. In this section, you will find summaries to some issues in health research and links to bigger documents.
BACKGROUND
Read moreRewarding talent and seniority
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.
COHRED hosts Global Forum on Bioethics in Research
A lack of focus on ethical considerations in planning and conducting research has a risk of losing trust between the research establishment and the public, creating the danger that health research programmes will be hindered. One example of the ethical challenge faced by research investors and advocates today is the suspicion of populations in developing countries that they are being used for experimentation that cannot be done in the ‘north’.
Read moreNEPAD-COHRED partnership
Geneva-Johannesburg, May 2006
More funding must go directly to African countries for research on their health priorities, done by African organizations and their researchers! This is the goal of the partnership between NEPAD – the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, and COHRED – the Council on Health Research for Development.
Read moreCameroon-COHRED Agreement
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.
Briefing 14 – Global Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property is finalised. Country work starts now
The World Health Assembly concludes a six year processi of developing the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property
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