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20 Nov 2009

We have good scientists, but the question is how well is this science translated to technological development

Q&A with Paolo Buss, Director of the Center for Global Health at FIOCRUZ, Brazil.
Q: How can Brazil and Cuba export your knowledge to African countries?
A: The impressive technological development in Cuba came because of a strong political will. This teaches us that high-level political decisions are key. Market forces drive interests in the marketplace, but […]

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Forum 2009 Blog

A biotechnology platform for South Africa: an interview with Anthony Mbewu

An interview with Anthony Mbewu, President of the Medical Research Council, South Africa and next Executive Director of the Global Forum for Health Research Q: South Africa is currently considering acquisition of a high-throughput screening (HTS) facility that would allow it scale up the screening of natural compounds. At this stage in the development of its [...]

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Joining up GIS with health information systems

Integrating different knowledge systems has been a recurring theme at this conference. In a session yesterday on climate change and health equity, Dziedzom de Souza of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Ghana offered up an intriguing idea to make the most of data gathered via geographical information systems (GIS). De Souza wants to [...]

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Meeting News

Nov 17 2009

Launch of the First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research

Posted by: Priya Shetty

The WHO is planning a revolution – in health systems research. In a satellite meeting yesterday, along with the Global Forum for Health Research, the organisation introduced its plans for a global symposium on health systems research next November in Montreux, Switzerland. The initiative follows up from the Bamako Call to Action on research for […]

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Nov 14 2009

TropIKA.net is at Forum 2009 in Cuba

Posted by: Edith Certain

Welcome to TropIKA.net’s coverage of the annual meeting of the Global Forum for Health Research taking place between the 16th and 20th of November in Havana, Cuba. The theme of Forum 2009 is “Innovating For The Health of All”. It’s particularly apropos that this theme should be discussed in Cuba - many developing nations look […]

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