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Welcome to West African Framework
Program for Global Health
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West African Framework Program for Global Health
is a research and training program that is focused on global health problems in
West Africa. A high proportion of countries with the poorest health indices in
the world are located in West Africa and continuing problems in the subregion
pose considerable challenge to efforts to improve the health of people living
there. There is therefore need for an integrated systems approach to tacking
these global health problems through multidisciplinary and multi-institutional
approaches. Establishing linkages and encouraging research through this platform
is especially important. It is also crucial to involve young researchers and
orientate them towards this approach to health programs and research.
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Global Health Core
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This program has the following core areas of focus
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Cancer in Africa |
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Bioethics |
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Tobacco Control and Advocacy |
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Communication, Strategy and Negotiations |
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Built
Environment and Health |
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Nutrition and Complex Diseases |
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Health and Health Research Policies
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Injury and Trauma |
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Develop a framework for resolving global
health problems through multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research
with special reference to West Africa |
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Increase interaction and collaboration among
biomedical and social science researchers in West Africa
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Develop integrated multidisciplinary programs
to promote awareness of global health and associated policy issues
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Enhances the role of bioethics in resolving
global health problem |
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First Annual Meeting of the
West African Framework Program for Global Health
The West African Farmework for
Global health held her first Annual meeting on the 16th
and 17th of April,2007 at the Center for
Bioethics, L.O.A. Court 102 Bashorun Road, Ashi Ibadan.
The theme of the meeting was Collaborative Research
and Training on cncer in Nigeria. Participants came from different disciplines,
institutions and hospitals to discuss there views about Cancer. By and large we
had 32 participants (16 males and 16 females) in attendance.
YOUNG VOICES IN
RESEARCH FOR HEALTH
YOUNG VOICES IN RESEARCH FOR
HEALTH Equitable access: research challenges for health in
developing countries. The Global Forum for Health Research
and The Lancet are sponsoring their second joint essay
competition on the occasion of Forum 11 the 2007 annual
meeting of the Global Forum for Health Research in Beijing,
People's Republic of China, 29 October to 2 November 2007
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Other News Item
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The Eighth Global Forum on Bioethics in Research
The Science Of Team Science: Assessing The Value Of
Transdisciplinary Research
Welcome to West African Framework Program for Global
Health
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