COHRED works in close collaboration with the RIMAIS network (Ibero-American Ministerial Network on Learning and Research for Health), to strengthen the managerial capacities and knowledge of managers of National Research for Health Systems. The project was aimed at building the capacities of research for health managers. This was done by running three courses, on policies, […]
Read moreDr Luis Gabriel Cuervo is a Colombian and British father of two daughters. He is a family physician and medical doctor, a researcher and a clinical epidemiologist. He currently works as Senior Advisor for Research Promotion & Development at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). During the past 8 years, his work has […]
Read moreDr Mario Tristan is one of the funders, the CEO and Director General of the International Health Central American Institute Foundation (IHCAI). He is also the Director of Cochrane central America & Spanish Caribbean branch of the Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre. He is actively participating in the MASCOT project (Multilateral Association for Studying Health Inequalities and Enhancing […]
Read moreGlaudina Loots is Director of Health Innovation at the South African Department of Science and Technology. She concentrates on enabling research and innovation that leads to discovery and evaluation of new drug and treatment regimes, the development of new vaccines and new robust diagnostics for the identified diseases or conditions, as well as the development […]
Read moreWest African Health Organisation (WAHO) is the health institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Its main objective is to bring to West African peoples high quality health care by promoting integration, collaboration and resource sharing between the member states. WAHO, in his second strategic plan 2009-2013, develop a research programme with an […]
Read moreWhile in the midst of political upheavals, Guinea Bissau believes that national research system strengthening is a value for development. Guinea Bissau is the third poorest country in the world. 85% of the population lives with less than a dollar a day and only 14% of the population speaks the official language (Portuguese). Notwithstanding, Guinea […]
Read moreI am a Professor Emeritus at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and currently serve as the National Coordinator of the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR). I have known COHRED since it began 20 years ago, and had the opportunity to chair the team that conducted the first external review of COHRED in 1996. […]
Read moreTan Sri Dr Mani Jegathesan, fondly referred to as the ‘Flying Doctor’ for blazing the tracks around Asia despite being a doctor, was an icon in the 1960s, regarded as the “Golden Era” of Malaysian athletics. In his heyday, he was regarded as the fastest man in Asia, and he is also a renowned doctor and researcher. He tells […]
Read moreMy 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 moreMy name is Nilsa de Deus; I am a Researcher and also Head of the Research Department at the Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS also known as National Institute of Health) in Mozambique. I first came into contact with COHRED a year or so ago when our organisation was busy trying to work on the […]
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