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World Summit on Health Research: The health research necessary to achieve the Millennium Development Goals

Mexico City,  November 16-20 , 2004

The World Health Organization will be convening, together with the Government of Mexico, a Ministerial Summit on Health Research from November 16-20, 2004 in Mexico City, Mexico

The Summit aims are:

  • To promote the generation, dissemination and use of knowledge for the attainment of the health-related United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and to strengthen the performance of health systems and participate in the socio-economic development of less developed countries;

     

  • To strengthen national health research systems through regional and international partnerships and cooperation;

     

  • To identify health policy and health systems research priorities with a view to mobilizing resources to accelerate the achievement of the health-related MDGs;

     

  • To make recommendations to the 58th World Health Assembly and propose an Action Plan to institutionalize health research policy and practice.

More information at:

World Health Organization. World Summit on Health Research  (Site)

  • The World  Summit on Health Research will be an invitation-only event. There is no call for abstracts.
  • For more information, please contact the Department of Research Policy & Cooperation, or send an e-mail to: MinisterialSummit@who.int

Sites links and documents:

 Regional Consultation for the Americas on Health Research for Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (México, DF. May 24-26, 2004)
Report (PDF) English version. Relatoría (PDF) Spanish version and List of Participants

Content:

  • Session 1:World Report on Research for Better Health: Strategies to generate knowledge access, dissemination, and transference for management in health, Relevance of knowledge production, Key issues for health system research agendas, Key actions for improving dissemination of and access to health information
  • Session 2: Desirable Proposals to be presented at the Mexico Summit- Brokerage of knowledge in health/Network of Observatories to promote the use of research findings through analysis and dissemination, Clinical trials global registry, Promotion of a list of priorities in health research, Improving access to health information in the developing world
  • Session 3: Cross-cutting Issues The Role of Civil Society and the Public and Private Sectors
Douments, reports and initiatives planned launch during the World Summit on Health Research in México :

The Report focuses on bridging of the "know do" gap, the gulf between what we know and what we do in practice, between scientific potential and health realization. The bridging of this gap is central to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) by 2015. The gap exists for each of the MDG’s and represents a fundamental and pragmatic knowledge translation challenge that must be addressed to strengthen health systems performance towards achieving the MDG’s.

  • International Registration of Clinical Trials (Adobe Acrobat Document)

    The initiative was conceived within the context of the need to increase international access to and utilization of health-related knowledge. Access to both published and ongoing research is necessary for informed decision-making, not just by those working in and using the health services, but also by organizations and individuals funding and doing research.

     

  • Improving Access to Health Information in the Developing World (Adobe Acrobat Document). By Fiona Godlee, Neil Pakenham-Walsh, Dan Ncayiyana, Barbara Cohen and Abel Packer.

    Access to healthcare information has become a key international development issue and the paper focuses on meeting the information needs of a key group of decision makers: healthcare providers in the developing world.

    The paper recommends that WHO and its partners convene an international collaborative group to formulate and implement a special initiative to improve access to healthcare information in the developing world.

 

Forum 8  - Global Forum for Health Research

The 2004 annual meeting, Forum 8, organized by the Global Forum for Health Research , will be held in conjunction with the World Summit on Health Research organized by the World Health Organization and the Mexican Ministry of Health.