The latest edition (9 Feb, vol 10.5) of ‘Health Research Policy and Systems’ – an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal – features an insightful article titled: ‘The emergence and current performance of a health research system: lessons from Guinea Bissau’. The article was written by Maarten O Kok, Amabelia Rodrigues, Augusto Paulo Silva and COHRED’s […]
Read moreby Richard Bartlett* At the COHRED Group Forum in April this year, the ‘International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD)’ which was launched through an initiative that studied successful models of innovative healthcare delivery from around the world, will host an interactive session on the work the organization is doing to identify, better understand and support the […]
Read moreThe Carlos Slim Health Institute is pleased to announce the awardees for the Carlos Slim Awards in Health for its 2012 edition. The Awards are focused on recognising – innovation and related achievements of Latin American institutions and researchers that are committed to increasing the health levels of the population. The recipients for the Awards […]
Read moreOn Wednesday the 25th of January 2012 – Jane Mathebula of the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) Channel Africa spoke to the Director of the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED), Prof. Carel IJssselmuiden about Forum 2012 www.forum2012.org The Forum is focused on the theme: ‘Beyond aid…research and innovation as key drivers for health, […]
Read more23 January 2011 – In December 2011, the US Presidential Commission for the study of Bioethical issues presented its report to President Obama. The report, entitled Moral Science: Protecting participants in human subjects research contains a thorough review of US regulations and standards to assess their adequacy to protect human participants in research. The report […]
Read moreBuilding on the achievements of the Global Forum for Health Research, we as The COHRED Group are proud to take up the challenge of pursuing the organisation of the well-known and respected Global Forum for Health Research meetings. The next meeting will be held in Cape Town (South Africa), from the 24th to the 26th of […]
Read moreBeverly Peterson Stearns 12 January 2012 | EN An international meeting aims to shake up donor−recipient relations in a quest for more enduring health gains, reports Beverly Petersen Stearns. This year, a well-known international meeting on global health research will adopt a provocative new theme. The subtitle of Forum 2012, the successor to the conferences organised by the former […]
Read moreThe COHRED Group’s Health Research Web (HRWeb), an online-based information and management platform has managed to get an honorable mention in the most recent report of the US Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethics. On page 49 of the Report, which is titled ‘Moral Science – Protecting Participants in Human Subjects Research’, HRWeb gets […]
Read moreOpening session: Global collaborations and health alliances Wednesday 19 Oct 11, 15:00-16:00h Watch video Chairs Jordi Pardo, Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre, Spain Ghada Bawazeer, King Saud University, Yemen Globalization brings new challenges as well as new opportunities. We will explore how different collaborations and health alliances deal with the numerous challenges and opportunities and investigate the […]
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