Archive for category: Press Releases

COHRED Colloquium to focus on boosting sustainable investments into research and innovation for health..

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Geneva, 20/02/2013 – From 26 to 27 March 2013, the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) in collaboration with the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health, will jointly host the third COHRED Colloquium in Geneva, Switzerland. This edition of the Colloquium will focus on the investments that are required in research and innovation for health in order to meet the […]

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Discussing funding mechanisms in first EU-LAC Health Scenario-Building Workshop…

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Buenos Aires, Argentina, 22-23 October 2012 The first ”Scenario Building Workshop”, realized by the EU-LAC Health project consortium,  was held between the 22 and 23rd of October in Buenos Aires. Project partners, as well as Advisory Board  members came together with European and Latin American experts from the health sector in order to analyze different scenarios […]

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‘Research and innovation for health in Latin America’ – conference report

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A report summarising the outcomes of the Conference ‘2nd Latin American Conference on Research and Innovation for Health’ (held in 2011 in Panama City, Panama) has been published. In line with the thematic focus of the conference, the report highlights the key messages from the conference on the following: (a) mechanisms linking innovation to health […]

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Botswana Innovation Hub signs MoU with COHRED…focus is on research and development for health…

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Gaborone / Geneva – 23rd August 2012 – The Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED). BIH Chief Executive Officer, Alan Boshwaen and Prof. Carel IJsselmuiden, the Executive Director of COHRED signed the MoU. The purpose of the partnership between the two organisations is to promote research and development […]

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COHRED and partners launch course on ‘research for health managerial capacity building’…

                              The Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) in partnership with the Ibero-American Ministerial Network for Learning and Health Research and with funding from the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID) is running the first of three month long […]

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Research for Health Africa Programme shares learning on Strengthening Research and Innovation Systems with Forum 2012 participants.

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  Country partners involved in the Research for Health Africa Programme (R4HA), used the opportunity today at a Satellite Workshop to demonstrate to fellow Forum 2012 participants the importance of strengthening research and Innovation Systems for Health and Development in Africa.  They also showcased how the R4HA programme has helped them move towards achieving this […]

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EU-LAC Health State of Play Workshop held in Rio de Janeiro…

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19-20 March 2012 On March 19th and 20th 2012, the first EU-LAC Health expert-workshop, organized by Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), took place in Rio de Janeiro. EU-LAC Health is a 5-year project co-financed by the European Commission through the 7th Framework Program (Health theme). Its aim is to discuss commonly with […]

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COHRED’s Sylvia de Haan makes contribution to insightful article on health research systems in Guinea Bissau

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The latest edition (9 Feb, vol 10.5) of ‘Health Research Policy and Systems’ – an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal – features an insightful article titled: ‘The emergence and current performance of a health research system: lessons from Guinea Bissau’. The article was written by Maarten O Kok, Amabelia Rodrigues, Augusto Paulo Silva and COHRED’s […]

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Paraguay – new policy, research for health

Creating a national system for research for health

Paraguay has confirmed its interest in research for health as a national priority, with the adoption of its National Policy on Research, Technological Development and Innovation for Health.

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Paraguay. Nueva política investigación para la salud

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Creando un sistema nacional de investigación para la salud

Asunción, Washington, Ginebra, enero 2011. El Paraguay confirma su interés en la investigación para la salud como una prioridad nacional al adoptar una nueva Política Nacional de Investigación, Desarrollo Tecnológico e Innovación para la Salud.

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