Member governments of the UN World Intellectual Property Organization today approved 15 new observers to the organisation, including three international organisations, and a range of nongovernmental organisations such as two significant public health-oriented groups, including COHRED. Other groups were rejected. Link to the article: http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=31986&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts
Read moreThe Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) is pleased to acknowledge the support of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals on Phase II of the MARC project (www.researchethicsweb.org). MARC was a joint project of COHRED and SARETI at the University of KwaZulu-Natal funded by the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) and an unconditional grant from Pfizer […]
Read moreEvent Name World Health Summit Dates 20-22 October, 2013 Location Berlin, Germany Logo Website Link http://www.worldhealthsummit.org Contact Details Organization Short Description COHRED is pleased to be co-sponsoring a panel with the Inter-Academy Medical Panel (IAMP) at 2.45pm – 4.15pm on Monday 21st October, looking at research capacity strengthening in low and middle income countries. COHRED’s […]
Read moreEvent Name MASCOT: North-South and South-South co-operation, for tackling maternal and child health inequalities Dates September 25 and 26, 2013 Location Mexico City Logo Website Link http://www.mascot2013meeting.org.mx Contact Details Organization Short Description The event will provide a platform for participants to learn from the experience of other countries from North and South and to […]
Read moreEvent Name Sustainable Investment in Research for Health Dates Sunday, 20 October 2013 Location Dakar, Senegal Logo Website Link http://www.edctpforum.org/2013/index.php/programme/satellite-meetings/ Contact Details cullen@cohred.org Organization COHRED is co-organising the meeting with the Ministry of Public Health Senegal, West African Health Organisation (WAHO) and the NEPAD Agency. Short Description A one-day participatory meeting to explore practical strategies for […]
Read moreCOHRED endoreses the recent INDEPTH Population Statistics (INDEPTHStats). INDEPTHStats displays yearly health and demographic indicators generated from the INDEPTH member centres in Africa, Asia and Oceania. INDEPTHStats is freely available to everyone. It aims at providing researchers, government officials and policymakers, among others, health and demographic information that can guide their decision-making.
Read moreCOHRED is mentioned several times in the recently released World Health Report 2013.
Read moreOur WAHO colleagues have just published the following article: The state of the research for health environment in the ministries of health of the Economic Community of the West African States (ECOWAS).
Read moreCheck on this positive feedback (in French), from the Ministry of Health of Benin, about the WAHO Web workshop recently done in this country.
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