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Read moreArchive for month: February, 2010
Pretoria Expert meeting – Pharmaceutical Innovation in Africa
Leaders and people responsible for defining Africa’s policies and action plans for medicines access and development will be at the meeting of expert on Pharmaceutical Innovation in Africa. The meeting has two components:
Read moreStudy and report
The study brings two unique elements to the debate on access to medicines and local pharmaceuticals production in Africa:
• The first map showing those active in medicines development, production, procurement and access on the continent – set against the drug development pipeline. This is a working document that will be continually updated on the Health Research Web platform (www.healthresearchweb.org)
Strengthening Pharmaceutical Innovation in Africa
The initiative for Strengthening Pharmaceutical Innovation in Africa supports decision makers in countries to understand how they can benefit from pharmaceutical innovation, design effective national innovation strategies, and build capacity in their countries to do this. This is an activity of The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Council on Health Research and Development (COHRED) and the African Union.
Read moreWhat would a true country focus look like?
Time for Africa to craft Africa’s Health Reserach Agenda
In her radical book ‘Dead Aid: Why aid is not working and how there is a better way for Africa’, Dambisa Moyo observes that after more than 60 years of aid to Africa, her people are not better off … so why continue?
“The 1970s were an exciting time to be African. Many of our nations had just achieved independence, and with that came a deep sense of dignity, self-respect and hope for the future”.
Read moreBuilding national health research systems
A good investment and long term commitment
Why invest in health research, or in national health research systems, in the face of extreme poverty? This question is serious, well meant and difficult to answer. Indeed, what does one do when faced with an averse political, social, economic and physical environment in which mortality is exceedingly high? Is ‘research for health’ a priority, and does it lead to development?
Read moreTop 10 Reader
For anyone interested in building research capacity for health.
This ‘Top 10’ reader in Research for Health / Development / Equity is a totally subjective and eclectic effort to provide some relevant readings for anyone interested in supporting research capacity for health in low and middle income countries.
Read moreReflection, comment and useful ideas on research for health
Welcome to the director’s page, which offers reflections from the world of research for health, comments on the challenges that we face and some useful ideas – taken from COHRED’s experience and partner countries. Carel IJsselmuiden, Director, COHRED.
