Under a new agreement with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB) will promote PAHO/WHO's Policy on Research for Health through a series of activities designed to strengthen cooperation and exchange of knowledge related to research on human development, health, equity and health systems strengthening.
Washington, D.C., 12 February 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — Under a new agreement with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB) will promote PAHO/WHO's Policy on Research for Health through a series of activities designed to strengthen cooperation and exchange of knowledge related to research on human development, health, equity and health systems strengthening.
Under the new agreement, signed 12 February by PAHO/WHO Director Carissa F. Etienne and GCUB Executive Director Rossana Valéria de Souza e Silva, PAHO/WHO and Coimbra will work together to:
- Develop joint projects to strengthen the production and use of scientific knowledge to inform health policies, especially public health policies.
- Promote the implementation of the PAHO/WHO Policy on Research for Health (CD49/10) and its goals.
- Organize academic courses related to these areas.
- Promote information exchange, documentation, scientific publications, and platforms that facilitate the exchange of knowledge and data to improve health and equity.
- Promote short- and long-term exchanges of professors, researchers, experts, interns, and technical personnel.
- Organize conferences, seminars, symposia and other events related to research for health.
The new agreement builds on an ongoing collaboration between PAHO/WHO, the Organization of American States (OAS), and the Coimbra Group that awards postgraduate scholarships to students from Latin America and the Caribbean. As part of that collaboration, PAHO/WHO provides technical assistance in evaluating applications for the program's health-related scholarships, with emphasis on students interested in research for health. To date, 75 students from 18 countries have received scholarships for health-related graduate studies under the program.
Dr. Luis Gabriel Cuervo, PAHO/WHO Senior Advisor on Research Promotion and Development, said about the new agreement, "We are signing this agreement with the Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities to further integrate the Policy on Research for Health of the Americas into the everyday work of these universities and the activities of the scholarship grantees. This agreement will result in putting these institutions and professionals at the forefront of knowledge production and use."
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