Andrea Rinaldi Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net The need for networking and the challenges posed by diversity within the vast Arab world are two of the issues that emerged prominently from the Boosting research for health in the new Arab world meeting in Bellagio, north Italy which ended on Friday (1 March). No one doubts that much cooperation and […]
Read moreBy Andrea Rinaldi Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net Work progresses at the Boosting research for health in the new Arab world meeting in Bellagio, north Italy. Today, discussion shifted from general topics to more practical issues. Working groups gathered to think on country-specific needs for health research system strengthening, focusing on three main aspects: regional strategy and plan of […]
Read moreBy Andrea Rinaldi Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net Participants in attendance at one of the sessions on research for health in the new Arab world Future work needed to develop efficient health research systems in Arab countries can find a good starting point in previous experiences from other regions of the world. This is the main take-home message […]
Read moreAndrea Rinaldi Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net Brainstorming discussion is taking place at the ‘Boosting research for health in the new Arab world’ meeting in Bellagio, north Italy. The common view presented so far is that health is both a causative agent and an end-point of development, and that health research is a major driver of the entire […]
Read moreBy Andrea Rinaldi Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net The Boosting research for health in the new Arab world meeting officially takes off today, in Bellagio, north Italy. Delegates from several Arab countries and representatives of the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) and of other institutions are swarming in, while sessions will begin early tomorrow. Among the background […]
Read moreBy Andrea Rinaldi – Freelance journalist, SciDev.Net The day is coming. Tomorrow, 26 February, a meeting on ‘Boosting research for health in the new Arab world’ will begin in Bellagio, north Italy. Before formal discussion kicks off, we asked Hassen Ghannem, senior consultant to the Geneva-based Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) and meeting organizer, about […]
Read moreGeneva, 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 […]
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 at a […]
Read more“Civil society organisations (CSOs) can play a key role in research and innovation for health and can help ensure its local relevance and better use.” Based on the above-quoted conviction, the Council for Health Research and Development (COHRED) has been working to highlight the need for CSOs to be involved in research for health. COHRED […]
Read moreRepresentatives from across Africa came together in Dar es Salaam in November to hear exactly how their Tanzanian hosts had taken steps to strengthen their research and innovation systems. The National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH), Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) and Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA) were all […]
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