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 […]
Plenary session Thursday 19 November
Chair: Judith Whitworth, WHO Global Advisory Committee on Health Research
Laurie Garrett, author and journalist, led off Thursday’s plenary session with a discussion of the need for increased investment in capacity building, particularly the training of health care workers. Global health programs lack an exit strategy as all are building with no […]
Wednesday 18 November 2009
Chair: Fiona Godlee, Editor-in-Chief, BMJ, UK
Moderator: Kumanan Rasanathan, Technical Officer, Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights, WHO
Presenters: Sarah Walpole, Climate and Health Council, UK; Jaime Teran-Reyes, Instituto Nicaraguense de Seguros y Reaseguros (INISER), Nicaragua; Dziedzom K. de Souza
, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana; Gilma Mantilla, International Research Institute for Climate […]
Plenary Session Day 2
Wednesday’s plenary session looked at the challenges associated with enhancing the national environment for innovation with an emphasis on perspectives from low- and middle-income countries. Leading off the session, Dr Chen Zhu, Minister of Health of the People’s Republic of China, provided an overview of the “Healthy China 2020” plan to reform […]
The Forum’s first plenary session was chaired by Gill Samuels, Chair of the Foundation Council of GFHR. It began with an “Introduction to the Global Health Research and Innovation System” by Stephen Matlin, Executive Director of the Global Forum for Health Research. “Why,” Matlin asked, “should a girl in Japan have a life expectancy of […]
Read..Dr Gill Samuels, Chair of the Foundation Council of the Global Forum, gave the opening words at a ceremony in the plenary hall of Havana’s Palacio des Convenciones. Remarking on the meeting’s theme of “innovation for the health of all,” Samuels celebrated the rich mix of participants representing a range of stakeholders. “This is a […]
Read..TropIKA.net rapporteur: Dr Mario Tristan
This session focused on the need for more work in the field of knowledge synthesis and the importance of knowledge translation for health systems strengthening.
HIGLIGHTS OF THE SESSION
There is increased consensus that many types of knowledge synthesis and translation initiatives are needed for health system strengthening and the health systems […]
Health expenses make up an important proportion of the budget at all levels: individual, family, community and government. At all levels also there is a struggle to deal with increasing healthcare costs that act as barriers to universal care. When access is ensured, the type of service may vary in quantity and quality.
TropIKA.net rapporteur: Dr […]
Hotel Melia Habana, 15 November 2009
TropIKA.net rapporteur: Dr Mario Tristan
COHRED (the Council for Health Research for Development) and PAHO, convened a satellite meeting for representatives of countries and researchers from Latin America, as part of the Global Research for Health Forum 2009 in Havana.
The meeting analysed developments in the Latin American region relating to […]