Forum 2012: Beyond Aid… Research and Innovation as key drivers for Health, Equity and Development, 24 – 26 April 2012, Cape Town, South Africa. 

What was Forum 2012 about? 

Forum 2012 was held from 24-26 April 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa. Forum 2012, aimed to move beyond the traditional discussions of health – which generally focus on unequal allocation of resources and attracting more donor aid to solve the health problems of low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The event brought together over 400 change makers from across the world and got them to start think about improving health research capacity and stimulating innovation for enterprise development to help resolve the health problems of LMICs. This will hopefully create a more productive, equitable development growth path than purely relying on aid.

What happened during Forum 2012?

Dr LIU Qian, China's vice minster of health, addresses Forum 2012 participants at a plenary session entitled, "Research and innovation as key drivers for health, equity and development: making it work." Photo credit: Gabi Falanga

During Forum 2012, speeches, presentations and interviews (videos, audio) were made and photos were also taken. In addition, Forum 2012 benefitted from the reportage of selected media houses, bloggers, and social media enthusiasts and more specifically from the live blogging of our media partner SciDev.

The following links should also provide you with direct access to:

Forum 2012 in the news

Forum 2012 Blogs – including the blogs linked to SCIDEV.NET BLOG 

Videos

Watch video footage from the Forum by going to our youtube channel

Also, see CNBCAfrica’s interview with Carel IJsselmuiden on World Malaria Day and the links to Forum 2012

Audio Clips

What does ‘beyond aid’ mean to you? Listen to what some of the participants at Forum 2012 had to say on this…

Voxpop on expectations from Forum 2012

Photos

Forum 2012 photo gallery

Photos can also be accessed / downloaded from our Flickr page

You can also view the opening ceremony and plenary sessions from Forum 2012 by going to the webcast page

See the results of the Forum 2012 Photo-Competition

For further details, to go to the Forum 2012 website and/or email the Forum Team on: info@forum2012.org