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Algiers 2008 News
26 Jun 2008
Details of drug development network meeting
Details of Drug Development Network meeting
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26 Jun 2008
African ministers sign health research declaration
African ministers of health, and heads of delegations have declared that by the end of 2009, they will have put in place measures to strengthen health systems, improve knowledge flows, and build research capacity.
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26 Jun 2008
Increasing the number of researchers is the key to boosting African science: Elias Zerhouni talks exclusively to TropIKA at the Algerian ministerial meeting
The number one challenge facing African science is that of increasing the number of trained researchers.
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25 Jun 2008
New drug discovery network to be launched in Africa
A new network aimed at promoting innovation in Africa is due to be launched by TDR
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25 Jun 2008
Health researchers and policy makers must work together
Health Research is a complex process that calls for quality assurance to obtain the desired results
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25 Jun 2008
African Health Information Systems have a long way to go
Despite intensified data collection efforts and diversification of sources, Health Information Systems in Africa remain flawed.
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24 Jun 2008
Health research funding in Africa still fragmented
The funding of Health Research in Africa remains fragmented.
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24 Jun 2008
How brain drain stifles health research in Africa
Call on African governments to take action to stem the loss of researchers.
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23 Jun 2008
G8 Summit to take up health research
For the first time, health research is likely to be raised at the G8 Summit in Japan in September.
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23 Jun 2008
Major prize could boost public health research
WHO is exploring the possibility of establishing a major prize to boost public health research.
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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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