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Global Forum on Research and Innovation for Health 2015

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Date: 24-Aug-15 to 27-Aug-15
Location: Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) / Manila / Philippines
Category: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Conferences & Trade Fairs

The Global Forum on Research and Innovation for Health 2015 aims to identify solutions to the world’s unmet health needs through research and innovation.

As world leaders shift their focus to the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, increased understanding of the impact of research and innovation on health is of critical importance. Scientific research and innovation has transformative effects on not only health outcomes, but also on national economic growth and sustainable development. Forum 2015 provides a platform where low and middle income countries take prime position in defining the global health research agenda, in presenting solutions and in creating effective partnerships for action.

The Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED), in partnership with the Philippine Department of Health and Philippine Department of Science and Technology, will host the Global Forum on Research and Innovation for Health in Manila, 24-27 August 2015. Forum 2015 will bring together all stakeholders who play a role in making research and innovation benefit health, equity and development. This includes high-level representatives from government, business, non-profits, international organizations, academic and research institutions and social entrepreneurs among others.

Program themes:

I. Increasing the Effectiveness of Research and Innovation for Health:
- Social Accountability
- Increasing investments
- Country-driven capacity building

II. The role of research and innovation:
- Food and nutrition safety and security
- Health in mega-cities
- Disaster risk reduction

Exhibitors

Mario G. Montejo (Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Philippines), Janette Loreto-Garin (Secretary, Department of Health, Philippines), Glaudina Loots (Director of Health Innovation, Ministry of Science and Technology, South Africa), Martín-J. Sepúlveda (IBM Fellow and Vice President of Health Industries Research for the IBM Corporation), Isagani Padolina (Director of R&D Pascual Pharma), Renzo Guinto (Campaigner, Healthy Energy Initiative, Health Care Without Harm-Asia), Shinichi Egawa (Div. International Cooperation for Disaster Medicine, International Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University)

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