My name is Samba Cor Sarr; I am a Research Manager with the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Senegal. My first engagement with the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) dates back to 2002. I had just finished my graduate studies in Canada and was now back in Senegal at the Ministry. This was […]
Read moreDescription: To date little has been published about epidemiology and public health capacity (training, research, funding, human resources) in WHO/AFRO to help guide future planning by various stakeholders. A bibliometric analysis was performed to identify published epidemiological research. Information about epidemiology and public health training, current research and challenges was collected from key informants using a standardised […]
Read moreDescription: Health research initiatives worldwide are growing in scope and complexity, particularly as they move into the developing world. Expanding health research activity in low- and middle-income countries has resulted in a commensurate rise in the need for sound ethical review structures and functions in the form of Research Ethics Committees (RECs). Yet these seem to […]
Read moreEvent Name CAAST Net Plus kick-off meeting, 11-12 February 2013 Dates 11-12 February 2013 Location Brussels, Belgium Logo Website Link www.caast-net.org Contact Details At COHRED: edwards@cohred.org Organization www.caast-net.org Short Description This kick-off meeting for CAAST-Net Plus members will provide participants with an opportunity to meet each other, discuss the lessons from CAAST-Net and share draft work […]
Read moreEvent Name WHO Executive Board: 132nd session, 21-29 Jan 2013 Dates 21-29 January 2013 Location Geneva, Switzerland Logo Website Link http://www.who.int/governance/eb/en/ Contact Details http://www.who.int/about/contacthq/en/index.htmlhttp://www.who.int/governance/eb/en/ Organization WHO Short Description The Executive Board is composed of 34 individuals technically qualified in the field of health, each one designated by a Member State elected to do so by […]
Read moreEvent Name 20th Anniversary of COHRED, 26-27 March 2013 Dates 26-27 March 2013 Location Geneva, Switzerland Logo Website Link http://www.cohred.org/20th-anniversary/ Contact Details Email: cohred@cohred.org Organization COHRED Short Description Aligned with the COHRED Colloquium for 2013 and the annual board meeting and the staff retreat, the 20th Anniversary of COHRED provides us with an opportunity to take […]
Read moreEvent Name 2nd Latin American and Caribbean Global Health Conference, 9-11 Jan 2013 Dates January 9-11, 2013 Location This event will be held on January 9, 10 and 11 2013 in Santiago de Chile, in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile, located at Independencia 1027, Independencia, Santiago. Logo Website Link http://www.congresosaludglobal.uchile.cl/english/ Contact […]
Read moreEvent Name Boosting research for health in the new Arab world Dates 26th February – 1st March 2013 Location Bellagio Center, Italy Logo Website Link http://www.cohred.org/boosting-research-for-health-in-the-new-arab-world/ Contact Details Prof Hassen Ghannem, Email: ghannem@cohred.org +21655404357 Organization COHRED North Africa & Middle East Short Description The Arab spring is a major historical event in Middle East. Millions, in […]
Read moreEvent Name COHRED Colloquium 2013: sustainable investments into research and innovation. Dates 26-27 March 2013 Location Geneva, Switzerland Logo Connect.jpg Website Link http://www.cohred.org/about-cohred-connect/special-meetings/cohred-colloquia/ Contact Details Laurence Verhagen laurence@cohred.orgDanny Edwards edwards@cohred.org Organization www.cohred.org Short Description COHRED Colloquia meetings are a key lever which COHRED uses to help COHRED achieve the goal of using research and innovation […]
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