back to top back to top back to top

Forum 11 Pre-Meeting Topics

Forum 11

Forum 11 of the Global Forum for Health Research on "Equitable Access: Research Challenges for Health in Developing Countries", 29 October - 2 November 2007, Beijing, People's Republic of China

TropIKA.net and the TDR Programme are proud to collaborate with the Global Forum for Health Research on this year's Forum which focuses on a particularly important theme in health research to improve the health of poor populations, equitable access. On the following sub-pages, TropIKA.net features news and updates on key issues in global health research. These were previously published in the Global Forum's Update series and in Real Health News and are posted here with kind permission of the Global Forum for Health Research and Real Health News.

Agenda setting for health research

Being healthy: the role of research, by Andrew Kitua, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007) :
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

The role of knowledge translation in bridging the “know-do gap”, by Ariel Pablos-Méndez and Ramesh Shademani, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007) :
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

From promises to action: health research after the Mexico meetings, by Andres de Francisco, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 45
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

A new order in health and health research, by Francisco Becerra-Posada and Adolfo Martínez-Palomo, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 67,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Research challenges for global health by Ilona Kickbusch and Lea Payne, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 18,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Global health challenges: perspectives from the Fogarty International Center, by Sharon Hemond Hrynkow, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 58,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

The role of public-private partnerships in health research for development, by Roy Widdus, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p 161,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Three pillars of priority setting for health research: process, tools and values, by Abdul Ghaffar, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006),
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Research priorities in poor countries, by Finn Schleimann, p. 146, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006),
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

WHO to debate Global R&D framework, Real health News • No. 4 • March 2006
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealthNews4.pdfExternal Link

The new roles at the Gates Foundation, Real health News • No. 5 • May 2006, p. 4,
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_5.pdfExternal Link

Inspiration of the new Gates Global Health Chief, Real health News • No. 5 • May 2006, p. 5,
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_5.pdfExternal Link

World Economic Forum tackles global health, R eal health News • No. 5 • May 2006, p. 16,
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_5.pdfExternal Link

"New dynamic" to support health research, Real health News • No.0 • November 2004,
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealthNews0_Final.pdfExternal Link

Burden and determinants of disease

Social determinants of health inequalities, by Michael Marmot. Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 33
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

The double burden of disease and the global research agenda, by Colin Mathers, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 26,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Diseases and health determinants, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 79,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

The diverse pathways from globalization to health, by Maud MTE Huynen, Pim Martens and Henk BM Hilderink, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007) :
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Capacity building and human resources for health research

Health research institutions and global health challenges, Capacity strengthening for global health research, by Gunvanti Goding, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007) :
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

The need to develop research capacity, by Mary Ann D Lansang and Rodolfo J Dennis, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007) :
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Evaluating health research capacity building: an evidence-based tool Imelda Bates, Alex Yaw Osei Akoto, Daniel Ansong, Patrick Karikari, George Bedu-Addo, Julia Critchley, Tsiri Agbenyega and Anthony Nsiah-Asare, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 93,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

African PhD research capacity in public health: raison d’être and how to build it, by Sharon Fonn, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

The imperatives for research on the health workforce in Africa, by Gilles Dussault, Delanyo Dovlo and Demissie Habte, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 90,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Inclusive research for sustainable development: enabling people to help Themselves, by Pia Rockhold. Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 84,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Support for research in and by low income countries: a proposal, by Berit Olsson, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

A new school of public health in Bangladesh, by A Mushtaque R Chowdhury Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 145,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Establishing schools of public health in India, by K Srinath Reddy, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 149,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

A role for schools of public health in development, by Barry R Bloom, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p169,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Building capacity for public health research, by Andrew Y Kitua, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 37,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Monique Wasunna: Kenya’s hardy women researchers Real health News • No. 6 • October 2006, p. 23
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_6.pdfExternal Link

Chronic diseases

Chronic diseases: research and policy priorities, by Robert Beaglehole, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 89,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Health research to address selected chronic disease risks, by Derek Yach, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 93,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Health research for cardiovascular disease in developing countries, by K Srinath Reddy, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 102
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Number of heart attacks in India “unknown” Real health News • No. 3 • September 2005
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No3.pdfExternal Link

Development, including Health-Related Millennium Development Goals

Progress on the MDGs and the importance of an AIDS vaccine Robert Hecht, Sarah Post and Anita Alban, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 162
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Closing the gaps to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, by Richard G A Feachem, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 7,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

The Millennium Development Goals: substance and spirit, by Stephen A Matlin, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 8,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Health and the Millennium Development Goals, by Rebecca Dodd and Andrew Cassels, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 22
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Health research, the MDGs and policy making in Mozambique, by The Hon. Francisco Ferreira Songane, Stijn Broecke and Xavier Modol, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 54,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Closing gaps to achieve the MDGs: roles a medical research council can play - Indian experience N K Ganguly and Lalit Kant, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 60,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Health research and the Millennium Development Goals, by Gerald T Keusch, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 70,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

The case for mobilising new research behind the health Millennium Development Goals Mariam, by Claeson, Adam Wagstaff, Eduard R Bos, Phillip Hay and Jacques Baudouy, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 73,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Child survival MDG to be reached in Brazil Real health News • No.0 • November 2004
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealthNews0_Final.pdfExternal Link

Disability

Disabled people, science and technology and health research by Gregor Wolbring, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004),
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Equality in health: the case of disabled women by Anita Ghai, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 57
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Disability and disaster by Ashok Hans and Nizni Hans, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 67
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Economics and health policy and systems research

Delivering evidence to inform health system strengthening: the role of systematic reviews, by Sara Bennett, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007) :
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Research for future health systems, by David H Peters, Gerry Bloom, M Hafizur Rahman, Abbas Bhuiya, Barun Kanjilal, Oladimeji Oladepo, George Pariyo, Zhang Zhenzhong and Sandhya Sundaram, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 133
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

The effect of health insurance on health: how good is our evidence? Helen Levy and David O Meltzer, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 138
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Ownership and performance of health service organizations: evidence from Hospitals, by Karen Eggleston and Yu-Chu Shen, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 142
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Task Force on Health Systems Research: a research agenda to help attain the MDGs, by Andy Haines, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 104.
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Improving public service delivery of healthcare, by Anne Mills, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 32,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Targeting or universal coverage with Vitamin A? Costs, mortality and disparity reduction by David Bishai and Hugh Waters, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 40,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

International health system science is a political tool - for equity Real health News • No. 3 • September 2005
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No3.pdfExternal Link

Globalizing Health Systems Research Real health News • No. 7 • May 2007, p. 19
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_7.pdfExternal Link

Ethics and health research ethics

Ethics and health research for development: an essential combination, by Carel IJsselmuiden, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 142
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Open access to research protocols and results: intellectual property and the right to health, by Rodrigo A Salinas, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Mandatory clinical trial registration: rebuilding public trust in medical research, by Trudo Lemmens and Ron A Bouchard, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Equity and Pro-Poor Health Programs

Equitable access: good intentions are not enough, by RW Wells and JA Whitworth, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Inequities in health status: findings from the 2001 Global Burden of Disease Study, by Alan Lopez and Colin Mathers, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Introduction: Poverty, equity and health research, by Stephen Matlin, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005) p. 9
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Global Forum for Health Research, Poverty, social determinants and health research, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 13
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Rediscovering inequalities in health: a new research agenda by Jumana Qamruddin, Davidson Gwatkin and Abdo S Yazbeck Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 50,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Achieving equity in health: the research dimension, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Making health research more pro-poor, by Abbas Bhuiya, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p 25,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

To prevent diseases of poverty or to overcome poverty? When equity matters in research, by Roberto Briceño-León, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 30,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

How successful are pro-poor health programmes at reaching the poor? By Cesar G Victora, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 20,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

What works at enhancing health equity? By Cochrane and Campbell Vivian A Robinson, Peter Tugwell, Mark Petticrew, Elizabeth Kristjansson and Elizabeth Waters, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 64,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Health research, poverty and equity, by Timothy Evans, Alec Irwin and Jeanette Vega, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 130,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Health research: reducing poverty and improving health in South Asia, Mohammad Nasir Khan, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005) p. 76,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Achieving equity through reform of the health sector in Egypt Mohamed, by Awad Tag El Din, Emam M Moussa and Ahmed M Shelbaya, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005). P. 80,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Turning knowledge into health benefits for the poor, by Alastair Ager, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 100,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Translating medical research into benefits for African people, by Colin Blakemore, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 132
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Understanding health service access: concepts and experience, by Lucy Gilson and Helen Schneider, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Combining health and social protection measures to reach the ultra-poor: experiences of BRAC, by Syed Masud Ahmed, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Recent trends in research on health equity, by Davidson R Gwatkin, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Inequality, marginalization and poor health, by Lenore Manderson, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

A social determinants approach to health equity, by Sharon Friel, Ruth Bell, Tanja Houweling and Sebastian Taylor, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Gender

Gender in health research - past, present and future, by Piroska Östlin, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 60
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Why health research needs to be more sensitive to sex and gender differences, by Lesley Doyal, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 135
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

"Dreadful, eviscerating gender inequality” drives AIDS: microbicide urgent Real health News • No. 3 • September 2005
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No3.pdfExternal Link

Health promotion

More than a poster: what research tells us about healthy behaviour, by Elaine Murphy, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006) 052,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Health promotion and early childhood development: some emerging global research issues Emily Vargas-Barón and Robert J Melton, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 56,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Implementation research

The potential role of social science research in demographic surveillance systems, by Margaret Gyapong, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 74
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

The potentials of involving communities in health research, by Selemani S Mbuyita, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Franchised shops can deliver health to Africa Real health News • No. 7 • May 2007, p. 6
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_7.pdfExternal Link

Infectious diseases and their control

Community participation in the prevention and control of dengue fever: a case study in Cambodia, by Sokrin Khun, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 24,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

New HIV prevention technologies: research progress and effective researcher-civil society partnerships, by Catherine Hankins, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 29,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Research priorities to scale up diagnosis and treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, by Matteo Zignol, Ernesto Jaramillo, Abigail Wright, Eva Nathanson, Fuad Mirzayev and Paul Nunn, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 34,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Opportunities for overcoming tuberculosis: new treatment regimens, by Maria C Freire, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 171
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Communicable diseases: a research perspective, by Robert G Ridley, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 80
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Fighting AIDS, TB and malaria - the research imperative, by Richard G A Feachem, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004) 85,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Equity, poverty and the control of infectious diseases: a TDR research perspective, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Kala azar cure for 2006 Real health News • No. 2 • May 2005, p. 2 tents
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No2Final.pdfExternal Link

Thailand could save the world from H5N1 pandemic flu Real health News • No. 3 • September 2005
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No3.pdfExternal Link

Pandemic science in China and India Real health News • No. 3 • September 2005
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No3.pdfExternal Link

Half-a-billion dollars for 43 Grand Challenges research projects Real health News • No. 3 • September 2005
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No3.pdfExternal Link

HIV/AIDS in Asia at tipping point: research should aim at policy-makers Real health News • No. 3 • September 2005
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No3.pdfExternal Link

How should African mothers treat their children for malaria? Real health News • No. 3 • September 2005
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No3.pdfExternal Link

Interview - Dean Jamison: A cookbook for disease control Real health News • No. 5 • May 2006, p. 12
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_5.pdfExternal Link

Interview - Uche Amazigo: Could river blindness lead the way? Real health News • No. 5 • May 2006, p. 6
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_5.pdfExternal Link

Home-based management of malaria Real health News • No. 5 • May 2006, p. 10
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_5.pdfExternal Link

India's TB programme threatened by weak health system Real health News • No. 7 • May 2007, p. 34
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_7.pdfExternal Link

AIDS transmission could be stopped before 2015 Real health News • No.0 • November 2004
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealthNews0_Final.pdfExternal Link

Artemisinin combinations for malaria for 50 US cents Real health News • No. 7 • May 2007, p. 10
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_7.pdfExternal Link

Rapid TB tests only 1% effective: the diagnostic challenge Real health News • No. 7 • May 2007, p. 14
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_7.pdfExternal Link

Malaria vaccine breaks 50% barrier Real health News • No.0 • November 2004
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealthNews0_Final.pdfExternal Link

Only African science can beat HIV/AIDS Real health News • No.0 • November 2004
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealthNews0_Final.pdfExternal Link

Innovation and health technology

Towards the development of a Health Innovation Strategy for South Africa, by Glaudina Loots, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007) :
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Using the power of intellectual property to strengthen equitable access, by Anatole Krattiger, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007) :
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Financing of vaccine R&D - gaps and opportunities for innovation, by Paul Wilson and Robert Hecht, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007) :
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Child immunization: accelerating equitable access through innovative financing, by Alan R Gillespie, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007) :
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

A Global Health Innovation System (GHIS), by Richard T Mahoney and Carlos M Morel, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 149,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

The Internet and public health: an experience that works? Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 60
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Bringing modern health technology to the people, by Nirmal K Ganguly and Kiran Katoch, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 136,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

New drugs for neglected diseases: what will it take?, by Bernard Pécoul, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 165 :
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Affordable, essential new health technologies: a view from the Rockefeller Foundation, by Gordon Conway and Charles Gardner, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 76 :
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Globalising innovation in healthcare technology, by Harvey E Bale. Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p.155,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Capturing biotechnology’s promise for developing world diseases by Wendy Taylor, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 177
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Innovation systems and global health, by Richard T Mahoney, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 109,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

The critical role of genomics in global health, by Peter A Singer, Archana Bhatt, Sarah Frew, Heather Greenwood, Deepa L Persad, Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Béatrice Séguin, Andrew D Taylor, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S Daar, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 113,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Pharmacogenetics and geographical ancestry: implications for drug development and global health, by Abdallah S Daar and Peter A Singer, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 118,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Health research institutions and global health challenges, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005),
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Charitable drugs company will bridge rich and poor: Interview with Victoria Hale, CEO of the Institute for OneWorld Health, Real health News • No. 2 • May 2005 t
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No2Final.pdfExternal Link

Artemisinin combo nears delivery, Real health News • No. 2 • May 2005 tents
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No2Final.pdfExternal Link

Indian patent law - a threat to generic medicines?, Real health News • No. 2 • May 2005,
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No2Final.pdfExternal Link

Generics made in Zambia Real health News • No. 2 • May 2005 tents
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No2Final.pdfExternal Link

Cold chain elimination proven by 2008? Real health News • No.0 • November 2004
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealthNews0_Final.pdfExternal Link

Rotavirus: twice as common, twice as important Real health News • No.0 • November 2004
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealthNews0_Final.pdfExternal Link

WHO: African ARV production needs “big technology transfer” 9 Real health News • No. 2 • May 2005 tents
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No2Final.pdfExternal Link

Check the quality, cure the disease Uganda’s nevirapine trial vindicated: South African reaction Real health News • No. 2 • May 2005 tents
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No2Final.pdfExternal Link

“We believed in our scientists”: Uganda minister Real health News • No. 2 • May 2005 tents
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No2Final.pdfExternal Link

"No toxicity” in nevirapine PMTCT Real health News • No. 2 • May 2005 tents
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No2Final.pdfExternal Link

Polio vaccine: when science is not enough Real health News • No.0 • November 2004
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealthNews0_Final.pdfExternal Link

GM vaccine for bird flu Real health News • No. 4 • March 2006, p. 11
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealthNews4.pdfExternal Link

Mumbai pharma plans new drugs for all Real health News • No. 4 • March 2006, p. 7
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealthNews4.pdfExternal Link

Artemisinin from yeast Real health News • No. 5 • May 2006, p. 2
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_5.pdfExternal Link

Pharma wants public collaboration Real health News • No. 5 • May 2006, p. 3
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_5.pdfExternal Link

Elizabeth Castañeda: A passion for fungi Real health News • No. 6 • October 2006, p. 15
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_6.pdfExternal Link

Biotechnology to "save millions of lives Real health News • No.0 • November 2004
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealthNews0_Final.pdfExternal Link

Maternal and child health

The neglected problems of stillbirths and neonatal deaths, by Dean T Jamison, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 125
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Research for maternal, neonatal and child health partnerships, by Andres de Francisco, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 128
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Child health: how can health research make a difference? Zulfiqar A Bhutta and Seema Lassi, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 107
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Fora, policies and systems for maternal mortality in Ecuador, by César Hermida, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 86,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Motherhood in Uganda: what happened to primary health care? Real health News • No. 7 • May 2007, p. 31
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_7.pdfExternal Link

Tanzania study shows IMCI cost-effective, Real health News • No.0 • November 2004
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealthNews0_Final.pdfExternal Link

Mental health

The current state of mental and neurological research, by Rachel Jenkins, Florence Baingana and Don Silberberg, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 113
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Global mental health research, by Vikram Patel, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Discrimination as a barrier to accessing mental health care, by Graham Thornicroft, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Miscellaneous

Nursing research: meeting today’s health challenges - perspectives from the International Council of Nurses, by Judith A Oulton and Patricia Caldwell, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Research in primary health care: a prevention measure against pandemics by Mohsen Abdel-Hamid Gadallah and Mohamed Farouk Allam, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 64
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Corruption: an obstacle to health by David Nussbaum, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 122
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Oral health

Global research challenges for oral health by Poul Erik Petersen, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 181,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Oral and precancer screening: from research to policy and practice by Saman Warnakulasuriya and Toru Nagao, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 188,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Research at national or regional level

Research impact on equitable access in health: the Cuban experience, by Gustavo Kourí, María G Guzmán, José Luis Pelegrino, Luis Estruch, Alicia Reyes, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Setting and implementing a health research priority agenda in Brazil, by Reinaldo Guimarães, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 96.
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

National rural health mission: reaching the needy [India] by Anbumani Ramadoss, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 72 ,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Health research in Central Asia by Sylvia de Haan, Kaspar Wyss and Maksut Kulzhanov, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p.154
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Hepatitis C in Egypt by Hatem Mostafa El Gabaly, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p, 38
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Canada: demonstrating national leadership for international health The Hon. Carolyn Bennett and the Canadian Global Health Research Initiative, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 43
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Closing the relevance-excellence gap in health research: the use of evidence in Mexican health reform, by The Hon. Julio Frenk, Felicia Marie Knaul and Octavio Gómez Dantés, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 48
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Moving beyond disciplines and geography: the NIH experience by Elias A Zerhouni and Sharon H Hrynkow, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 128
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Research policy and research-to-policy linkages

Towards evidence-informed policy-making in human resources for health: the state of research, by Manuel M Dayrit, Mario Roberto Dal Poz, Hugo Mercer and Carmen Dolea, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

A new landscape of partnerships, by Elizabeth Ziemba and Stefanie Meredith, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Partnership dynamics, issues and challenges, by Mary Moran, Anne-Laure Ropars and Javier Guzman, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Using evidence for policy-making in health, by Tikki Pang, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Global policy making and health research, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 41,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Research and politics “need a marriage” Real health News • No. 3 • September 2005
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealth_No3.pdfExternal Link

Nduku Kilonzo: Politics needs ideas - numbers come later Real health News • No. 6 • October 2006
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_6.pdfExternal Link

Courage Quashigah: Human existence threatened by neglect Real health News • No. 6 • October 2006
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_6.pdfExternal Link

Burkina Faso: Giving science a warm embrace Real health News • No. 6 • October 2006
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_6.pdfExternal Link

Julio Frenk: Science beats ideology Real health News • No. 6 • October 2006
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_6.pdfExternal Link

Tikki Pang: What’s WHO doing about research? Real health News • No. 6 • October 2006
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_6.pdfExternal Link

Rob Ridley: We all belong to the South Real health News • No. 6 • October 2006
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_6.pdfExternal Link

Accra: Ministers join hands on research Real health News • No. 6 • October 2006
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_6.pdfExternal Link

Lola Dare: Research is not enough Real health News • No. 6 • October 2006
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_6.pdfExternal Link

East Africa sets out to bring science to policy-makers Real health News • No. 7 • May 2007, p. 23
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_7.pdfExternal Link

Dying mothers: from evidence to political will Real health News • No. 7 • May 2007
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_7.pdfExternal Link

Sierra Leone’s health minister wants science Real health News • No. 7 • May 2007
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_7.pdfExternal Link

Resource flows for health research

United States investment in global health research, by Mary Woolley, Stacie M Propst and Emily T Connelly, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 91
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Health research priority setting and tracking financial resources, by Andres de Francisco, Abdul Ghaffar and Mary Anne Burke, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 148
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Sexual and reproductive health

Partnerships offer promise in developing systemic methods of male fertility Regulation, by Kirsten M Vogelsong, Henry L Gabelnick and Eberhard Nieschlag, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 4 (2007)
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

The MDGs, sexual and reproductive health and the research agenda, by Marianne Haslegrave, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 185,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Health research for sexual and reproductive health, by Paul F A Van Look and Catherine d’Arcangues, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 117
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Microbicide research: empowering women with their own STI barrier, by Chander Puri, Sanjay Chauhan and KVR Reddy, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2 (2005), p. 177,
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Change of sexual behaviour in Zimbabwe slows HIV, Real health News • No. 4 • March 2006, p. 6
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RealHealthNews4.pdfExternal Link

Violence and injury

Road traffic injuries in low-income countries: a policy and investment gap by Adnan A Hyder, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 100
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Violence and displacement: some challenges for public health, by Pascale Allotey, Daniel D Reidpath, Fatima Alvarez-Castillo and Hebe Gouda, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 105
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Sexual violence, by Claudia Garcia-Moreno and Chen Reis, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p. 122
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Research on violence and injury prevention could save millions of lives every year, by Etienne G Krug and David R Meddings, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 1 (2004), p.125
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Developing an evidence-based sexual assault policy in South Africa: a partnership approach, by Rachel K Jewkes, Global Forum Update on Research for Health 3 (2006), p. 110
Global Forum Update on Research for HealthExternal Link

Nepal: Research what you like - amidst warfare, Real health News • No. 6 • October 2006, p. 20,
http://www.globalforumhealth.org/realhealthnews/RHN_6.pdfExternal Link