For the love of science…
For the love of Science …three young South Africans get a boost to their research and careers Source: This article is taken from the SAA Airlink edition of SKYways magazine for April 2012.
Read moreArchive for month: May, 2012
Scholar Urges Increased Investment in Health Research in South Africa
By Peter Clottey A South African medical scholar has called for heavy government investment in medical research to improve the country’s healthcare delivery to all citizens. Bongani Mayosi, professor of medicine at the University of Cape Town and the chief physician at the Groote Schuur Hospital, said the administration also needs to improve infrastructure in the […]
Read moreNEPAD to Implement Policies to Improve Africa’s Health
By Peter Clottey A leading member of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) says the group is implementing policy decisions heads of states and government made to improve the health and well-being of Africans. Dr. Bruno Kilunga Kubata, coordinator of NEPAD’s African Research for Health Initiative, said NEPAD has also been tasked to create an […]
Read moreHealth Expert Encouraged by Government Support of Medical Research
By Peter Clottey A prominent Ugandan physician and health researcher says a recently formed consortium has launched a transformational framework for training doctors. Nelson Sewankambo, professor of medicine and principal at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, said the group is emphasizing the sustainable health workforce development in Uganda. “The government’s reaction has been superb, […]
Read moreBiomed Analysis: Time for rights-based women’s health…
Priya Shetty 23 May 2012 | EN We need to revive the rights-based agenda and realign research priorities for women’s health, says Priya Shetty. The activists who fought to put human rights at the centre of women’s sexual and reproductive health, at the landmark International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo in 1994, may […]
Read moreInvestment, management and cooperation is key to addressing health issues…
By Gabi Falanga China has been improving health through self-reliance, health science and technology. This is according to China’s vice minister of health, Dr Liu Qian. Qian addressed a plenary session at Forum 2012 entitled “Research and innovation as key drivers for health, equity and development: making it work,” on day 2 (25/4/2012) of Forum […]
Read moreBeyond aid: optimising the role of international partnerships in building research capacity in low-and middle-income countries…
May 14 2012 A special edition of the Director’s Corner *By Gwynn Stevens, Carel IJsselmuiden, and Kubata Bruno Kilunga GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI — After months of planning, it was exciting to meet with health and development experts from around the world to imagine a new paradigm for health research partnerships in African and other low- and middle-income […]
Read moreForum 2012 calls upon countries to maintain support to research and innovation for….development….
Cape Town, 26 April 2012 – Forum 2012 on the theme Beyond Aid…Research and Innovation as key drivers for Health, Equity and Development, was held in Cape Town, South Africa this week. The Forum examined the prospects for a new vision of development that looked ‘beyond aid’, by focusing on developing capacities in low-and middle-income countries and emerging economies. […]
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