Archive for month: July, 2009

A health research perspective on the African Regional Health Report – COHRED Research for Health Briefing 5

COHRED Research for Health Briefing 5 looks at the African Regional Health Report of the World Health Organization from a health research perspective. A synthesis of the key messages of the report and comment from a health research perspective.

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COHRED hosts Global Forum on Bioethics in Research

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COHRED is the host of the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research since January 2007.

The secretariat coordinates activities aimed at increasing learning and raising awareness on bioethics issues worldwide. It also manages an international fellowship programme with three fellows, from China, Australia and Canada.

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Health Research in Latin America

An opinion article by Adolfo Martinez Palomo, general coordinator of the Science Council and Dr. Francisco Becerra Posada, Senior Consultant of COHRED for Latin America, was recently published in La Cronica de Hoy in Mexico. The article reviews important milestones in international health research and their impact on Latin America health research systems development.

Published in: La Crónica de Hoy, Mexico, 22 April, 2009. Year 13, Number 4591, Section Opinión, and Consulting Council on Sciences to the Presidency of Mexico

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Développement du système de recherché en santé : analyse et établissement des priorités en Tunésie

Carel IJsselmuiden, Hassen Ghannem, Noureddine Bouzouaïa

Editorial in Tunisie Médical (2009; 87(1) : 1:2) on National Health Research System development: analysis and priority setting approach in Tunisia.

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Why health research?

What is health research?

Health research activities go far beyond the well-known areas of developing new medicines, treatments and technologies. Research also produces timely and accurate information about a country’s state of health – births, deaths, causes of ill health, and obstacles to improving people’s health.

This also covers strategic information such as the performance of a country’s health services and interventions in the health sector.

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