Record Papers
Record Paper 9: Research for health and health system strengthening in Africa
COHRED Record Papers are published as a record of significant meetings, interactions, or activities coming from COHRED’s work with partners to support improved national health research systems.
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Record Paper 8: Best practices in health research policy development
This report summarises the discussions that took place during the session entitled “National health research: developing a policy framework” organised by COHRED during the Global Forum for Health Research meeting, held in Beijing October 2007.
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Record Paper 7: Meeting of African Schools of Public Health
Graduate education in management of health systems and population health, as provided in Schools of Public Health, is not well developed in Africa, and Schools of Public Health do not contribute adequately to building strong health systems and better population health - for many reasons that are described in this report.
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Record Paper 6: Health research systems development in Latin America
Over the past decade, some Latin American countries have made consistent and substantial investments in research for health.
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Record Paper 5: What factors influence national health research agendas in developing countries?
Health research in many developing countries faces two major challenges: a lack of clarity on national health research priorities; and the undue influence of international health research programmes, that fail to take account of these health research needs.
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Report Paper 4: Research for Health in Tajikistan: Strengthening the National Health Research System
Four key areas for national health research system development emerged from a consultation on research for health in Tajikistan, held in November 2005: research coordination, research culture, priority setting, and capacity strengthening.
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Record Paper 3: Can communities influence national health research agendas?
Good health research is done with the community; community research is good research; and research projects that value the importance of community engagement should be promoted.
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Record Paper 2: Strategy Think Tank: Positioning COHRED for another relevant decade
Expert input to the 2005 COHRED Strategy Think Tank has raised a number of important issues and considerations that are central to the goal of ensuring our relevance and innovation in the future.
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Record Paper 1: External Evaluation of COHRED
COHRED is recognized by many as a ‘knowledge bank’ of information on health research for health equity at the country level, and on the creation and improvement of
Essential National Health Research (ENHR) and National Health Research Systems (NHRS) in developing countries.
