Sir, Background The importance given to developing national systems for research for health is increasing rapidly around the world, especially following the Global Ministe-Cooperation Unit (RPC) of the World Health Organization's Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO) published the results of a National Health Research System (NHRS) analysis that it had undertaken in 5 countri...

1. Szlezak N. Strengthening the Role of Research in Improving Health in Developing Countries Current Concepts and Institutions. Presentation slides from Knowledge for Development Seminar; 19 February 2004; Center for International Development, Harvard University. Available from URL: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/sed/docs/ k4dev/szlezak_k4dev_040219.ppt 2. Trostle J, Brofman M, Langer A. How do res...

BACKGROUND Since the Commission on Health Research for Development (COHRED) published its flagship report, more attention has been focused on strengthening national health research systems (NHRS). This paper evaluates the contribution of a regional project that used a participatory approach to strengthen NHRS in four post-conflict West African countries - Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone an...

1 Departments of Public Health Sciences and of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2 Program on Life Sciences Ethics and Policy, McLaughlinRotman Centre for Global Health, (University Hospital Network and University of Toronto), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 3 Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4 Department of Medicine, Aga Khan Universit...

IDRC is helping to develop the plan for Essential National Health Research (ENHR) for Mexico. Mexico strongly supports this approach to setting public health research priorities in developing countries. The conclusions of an extensive report led to the creation of the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) which is made up of national committees entrusted to decide on subjects for ...

Major progress has been made in improving health in Latin America and the Caribbean and life expectancy has increased considerably in the Americas. However, major concerns still exist since this progress has not reached all members of society and inequality remains high in the region 1. Research can address this problem and fortunately there is growing international recognition that quality res...