International and multilateral organisations in the health and research fields are primarily responsible for setting norms, standards and working directly with countries, through ministries.As a strategic partner, COHRED can provide your programme with broader reach in countries – for example, with research institutions, civil society, community groups or the media – and can support the practical implementation of international strategies standards or agreements, at country level.

Current examples of this work include:

• Facilitating a consultative process with African countries to help them put into action the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights.

• Working with countries as part of the Yaounde Process to help define national needs for health innovation.

• Producing original research to present scenarios and a framework they countries can use to set national strategies for health innovation and technology transfer for medicines.