News on Health Research is an informative periodical bulletin to report on activities regarding the implementation of the Policy on Research for Health to Member Countries, Partners, managers and staff at PAHO.Produced by the Research Promotion and Development Team, HSS/RF.. http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5264&Itemid=3804&lang=es
KNOWLEDGETRANSLATIONEVENTS Health Research Newsletter – February 2011 1. EVIPNet workshop in Chile “ Preparing policy briefs and convening policy dialogues in EVIPNet- Americas, Santiago de Chile, 7-10 March 2011 2.Taller
“Contribución de la Investigación sobre implementación al desarrollo de políticas de salud informadas por evidencias científicas”. Marzo 2011, Bangkok.
3. Water day Elluminate Session: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/meeting.jnlp? sid=1110&password=M.DAF617497A6F7E164E6E7CECCAE315 4.
Cuba first Clinical Trial Registry in Spanish Accreditation of the Registro Público Cubano de Ensayos Clínicos (RPCEC) by the World Health Organization’s ICTRP On Tuesday 5 April 2011 Cuba will celebrate the accreditation of the Registro Público Cubano de Ensayos Clínicos (RPCEC) by the World Health Organization’s ICTRP, becoming the first Spanish speaking country to become a data provider to the ICTRP. The event will be online at 14:15 local time (14:15 EST; 18:45 UTC; 20:45 CEST) in http://bit.ly/fI9XIl Trial registration is a moral imperative that contributes to transparency and visibility of research, good research governance, and participation in research. We congratulate Cuba for this important milestone and for advancing in the implementation of PAHO’s Policy on Research for Health and WHO’s Strategy on Research for Health. Presentations will be done in Spanish. The existing 12 data providers offer key information of about 130,000 clinical trials identified in the past couple of years http://bit.ly/ggMBjL
NIH presentation of USAID
USAID’s Shah says science key to global health gains
NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins (left) and USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah (right) said they are working to better connect NIH research discoveries with global health development. > View the videocast Addressing Grand Challenges: The Role of Science in Global Health Development [VIDEO].
Paying tribute to NIH as an institution that envisions the world as it could be, not as it is today, USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah extolled the role of scientific research in raising health standards around the world http://www.fic.nih.gov/news/publications/global_health_matters/2011/0211_shah-barmes-usaid.htm Photo by Michael Spencer
EMRO,
Hope this email finds you all well. As discussed with your good selves during my visit to PAHO,November 2010, EMROis in the processof