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Health research


Plenary

  • Research and training for health: seeds for the future 

Parallel sessions

  • Research to support development of equitable health systems
  • New approaches to field-based malaria treatment
  • Clinical research on infectious diseases
  • Selected case studies on neglected diseases
  • Enduring research infrastructures in low-income countries

Recommended readings

Mobilising social science research to improve health
( G. Bloom; C. Knowles / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2005)
This short briefing paper looks researchers from a variety of academic disciplines ensure that the benefits of medical advances are made more widely available and that poor people worldwide gain bette...
Priorities for research to take forward the health equity policy agenda
( Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2005)
This article, from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, outlines how health research needs to focus on promoting health equity. It argues that research and interventions focus only on the te...
World report on knowledge for better health
( World Health Organization , 2004)
This World Health Organization report highlights the gap between what is known about health and what is actually being done. It reviews the state of global health research and finds it wanting. Poor...

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