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Session reports
23 Jun 2008
Plenary Session 1 - Governance/Stewardship of National Health Research Systems
Parallel session 1.2 - Collaboration
Parallel session 1.3 - Ethical Policies and Practices
24 Jun 2008
Plenary session 2 - Money, People and Institutions: Health Research capacity in Africa
Parallel session 2.1 - Expenditures on health research in African countries
Parallel session 2.2 - Country health information systems: resources, indicators, data management, dissemination and use
Parallel session 2.3 - Human Resources, Training for Research and Staff Mobility
Parallel session 2.4 - Institutional Facilities and Field Sites
25 Jun 2008
Plenary Session 3 - Producing and using research to improve health
Parallel session 3.1 - Research products, evidence to policy and decision-making
Parallel session 3.2 - Information systems
Parallel session 3.3 - Knowledge systems
Meeting blog
30 Jun 2008
Perils of science publication
“Publish or perish” is a dilemma that scientists in the developing world are only too familiar with. Often, language barriers and little training in how to write grant proposals or science papers means that despite thousands scrambling every day to get into major international journals like The Lancet, Nature and Science, only a tiny percentage [...]
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Profile: Hannah Akuffo
“The onus is on African countries to be clear about where they want to go in terms of research directions,” says Hannah Akuffo.
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