Archive for month: October, 2012

MASCOT Expert Meeting, 29-30 Oct 2012

Categories:COHRED Events, Events

Event Name MASCOT Expert Meeting, 29-30 Oct 2012 Dates 29-30 Oct 2012 Location Johannesburg, South Africa Logo Website Link http://www.mascotfp7.eu/2012/10/expert-meeting-in-south-africa/ Contact Details For further information and queries feel free to contact the project coordinator (Francisco Becerra:becerra@cohred.org) or any other project partner (contacts available in the website partners section). Organization COHRED Short Description The project “Multilateral […]

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2013 Global Health Conference, March 14 – 16 2013

Categories:Events, Other Events

Event Name 2013 Global Health Conference, March 14 – 16 2013 Dates March 14 – 16, 2013 Location Washington D.C., at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Logo Website Link http://2013globalhealth.org/ Contact Details Please contact Doris Steinbach at info@2013globalhealth.org Organization The Consortium of Universities for Global Health Short Description The Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Fourth […]

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COHRED joins hands with partners to spur fair research contracts…

Categories:News

Between the 22nd and 26th of October 2012, COHRED, in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation, organised a week-long engagement on Fair Research Contracting. The meetings were held at the Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy. Better contracts are key to improving financial support for institutional and research capacity building thereby enabling research institutions and governments of low-and […]

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HRWeb Americas: a tool to facilitate better research governance in Latin America and the Caribbean

Categories:News

A journal article highlighting the benefits of Health Research Web (HRWeb) to the national health research systems (NHRS) of countries in the Americas has been published by Cadernos de Saúde Pública. The article titled – ‘HRWeb Americas: a tool to facilitate better research governance in Latin America and the Caribbean’ features authors from the Council […]

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Strengthening Research and Innovation Systems for Health and Development in Africa, 5-8 Nov 2012

Categories:COHRED Events, Events

Event Name Strengthening Research and Innovation Systems for Health and Development in Africa Dates 5-8 November 2012 Location Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Logo Website Link www.cohred.org Contact Details Dr. Kathy Douglas (douglas@cohred.org) Organization COHRED, NIMRI, COSTECH Short Description Two of COHRED’s programmes focus on strengthening national research and innovation governance systems for health in Africa: • […]

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COHRED joins hands with researchers, partners, policymakers and civil society to spur fair research contracts…

Categories:Director's Corner

The growing volume of research in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) is welcome[1], but it also brings with it a number of new challenges for research institutions and government departments dealing with research in LMICs[2]. The necessity for LMIC institutions to have access to the legal resources and capacities to negotiate fair partnerships with their funding […]

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Report on Forum 2012 calls for concrete action in moving from evidence to innovation…

Categories:News

Report on Forum 2012 offers 11 key recommendations for going beyond aid… Forum 2012, which was held between 24 and 26 April 2012 in Cape Town, was the beginning of an exciting new series of the well-known and respected Global Forum for Health Research meetings.  Under the theme of ‘Beyond Aid… Research and Innovation as key drivers for Health, Equity and […]

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Setting Health Research Priorities for Senegal

Categories:News

Members of national health programmes for TB, Malaria, HIV/AIDS and health promotion joined representatives from the Ministry of Health, research institutions and universities and the national ethics committee in October to review Senegal’s health research priorities. Facilitated by members of the R4HA team, the workshop allowed participants to review the steps and processes that should […]

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EFGCP Workshop on Options and Challenges for Ethical Assessment in the Clinical Trial Regulation Proposal – Road Map Initiative for Clinical Research in Europe, 7-8 Nov

Categories:Events, Other Events

Event Name EFGCP Workshop on Options and Challenges for Ethical Assessment in the Clinical Trial Regulation Proposal – Road Map Initiative for Clinical Research in Europe EFGCP Workshop on Options and Challenges for Ethical Assessment in the Clinical Trial Regulation Proposal Road Map Initiative for Clinical Research in Europe Dates 7&8 November 2012 Location Brussels […]

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EFGCP Interactive Investigator Training for Inspections, 19 Nov 2012

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Event Name EFGCP Interactive Investigator Training for Inspections Dates 19 November 2012 Location UCLH Education Centre, London Logo Website Link EFGCP Secretariat Square de Meeûs Rue de l’Industrie 4 B-1000 Brussels Belgium Tel +32 2 732 87 83 Fax+32 2 503 31 08 E-mail: info@efgcp.eu Contact Details EFGCP Secretariat Square de Meeûs Rue de l’Industrie 4 B-1000 Brussels BelgiumTel +32 […]

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