PHM-Exch> COHRED and Global Forum for Health Research agree to organizational integration.

[Claudio Schuftan]

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Geneva, November 19, 2010. The Global Forum for Health Research and COHRED –
the

Council on Health Research for Development – reached an agreement this week
for the

integration of the two organisations – which will benefits countries and the
global health research community.



The Forum’s governing body, the Foundation Council, decided that the future
of Global Forum for Health Research will be best served by integrating its
programmes and activities with those of COHRED. The integration of the two
organisations will be managed by a transition team consisting of members of
the governing bodies and senior staff of both organisations.



The board-level discussion saw clear complementarities between the expertise
of two

organizations, where their integration will mean better synergy and added
value for research for health. The integration builds on COHRED’s portfolio
of services and tools that support countries to strengthen governance and
management of research and innovation for health, including its Health
Research Web platform; and on the Global Forum’s influential international
conference on research and innovation for health for development, its
tracking of resource flows in health research, and its advocacy skills.



The transition team will develop an agreement on timeline and actions for
the complete

integration of the Global Forum and COHRED, to be approved by March 2011 at
the latest.



CONTACT: Michael Devlin, Head Knowledge Sharing, Advocacy and Communication,
COHRED

devlin at cohred.org
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