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This Working Paper documents the interactions of a ‘think tank’ consultation, initiated by COHRED, bringing together health research managers from Brazil, South Africa, The Netherlands, The Philippines, the private sector, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Global Forum for Health Research and COHRED. Its purpose was to better understand the issues countries face and their needs in moving priority setting forward as well as seeking advice from professionals on how COHRED can support them in managing a process of setting and measuring progress in health research priorities. Rather than having priorities ‘reviewed’ and ‘set’ through a workshop or national activity that produces a plan reflecting the situation at one point in time, the discussion in this think tank examined what process is needed so that national health research priorities are managed in a dynamic way, and are measured, updated and can evolve with the reality of the national, operational and political context. (...)
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Agenda de Prioridades em Saúde , Pesquisa Biomédica , Países em Desenvolvimento , Agenda de Pesquisa em SaúdeRESUMO
This paper presents an initiative to revive the previous Somali-Swedish Research Cooperation, which started in 1981 and was cut short by the civil war in Somalia. A programme focusing on research capacity building in the health sector is currently underway through the work of an alliance of three partner groups: six new Somali universities, five Swedish universities, and Somali diaspora professionals. Somali ownership is key to the sustainability of the programme, as is close collaboration with Somali health ministries. The programme aims to develop a model for working collaboratively across regions and cultural barriers within fragile states, with the goal of creating hope and energy. It is based on the conviction that health research has a key role in rebuilding national health services and trusted institutions.
