Both organizations have been active in working together after the signing of the MOU last year. The activities they have been involved since, include the participation of COHRED at the ACHR meeting last November in Panama, the joint organization in Havana during the Forum 2009 of the Follow up Meeting to the Rio Conference, , the development of the Health Research Web Americas, and an active search of information and documents in the region to upload to the participating countries sites, and training on the use of the Health Research Web to interested countries.

Both organizations have been active in working together after the signing of the MOU last year. The activities they have been involved since, include the participation of COHRED at the ACHR meeting last November in Panama, the joint organization in Havana during the Forum 2009 of the Follow up Meeting to the Rio Conference, , the development of the Health Research Web Americas, and an active search of information and documents in the region to upload to the participating countries sites, and training on the use of the Health Research Web to interested countries.

In April 2008, the African Ministers of Health – in preparation for the Bamako Ministerial Forum on Research for Health – adopted the Algiers Declaration that expressed their commitment to reinforce national research systems for health. During the Bamako conference, health research leaders of western African countries, representatives of the West African Health Organization (WAHO) and international organisations discussed the status of research for health in West Africa.

Follow-up to the 1st Latin American Conference in Research and Innovation for Health. Havana, Cuba, November 2009.

This report charts activities and progress toward development of national health research systems in Latin America, in a process started by COHRED, PAHO and other partners in 2008, and in which all countries in Latin America participated..