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Global Health Research Initiative
Health research with a global scope
 
The Global Health Research Initiative is a partnership of five Canadian government agencies and departments. The partners are:
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Canadian International Development Agency
  • Health Canada
  • IDRC
  • Public Health Agency of Canada 
Infectious diseases and the threat of pandemics drive the point home—health is a global issue.

As a research funding partnership of five Canadian government agencies and departments, the Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) brings people together from different countries, sectors, and areas of expertise to tackle the complex problems that affect health around the world.

Our goal? To support researchers and decision-makers in their efforts to develop effective policies, programs, and strategies to improve health and strengthen health systems.
GHRI programs fund innovative global health research and strengthen the ability of low and middle-income countries to carry out and use research as they work to improve the health of their populations.

GHRI also helps Canadian researchers gain global health research experience. GHRI support has allowed Canadian researchers to collaborate with researchers and decision-makers in more than 60 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Latest Project

Building Capacity for Conducting HIV Prevention Trials in the Health Care Workplace

Healthcare workers are a priority group for HIV prevention trials because they constitute a large relatively healthy group at risk from blood-borne diseases (hepatitis B, HIV/AIDS), as well as tubercu

Latest Result

Case studies address global health research, partnerships, equity

Sustainable partnerships. Community engagement. Impact on health policy and practice. These are among the common themes in a collection of 10 case studies showcasing effective global health research. The case studies appear in a special supplement...


News

AAAS workshop: Creating Sustainable Career Paths in Global Health Research

06/02/2012

The Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) and the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) are pleased to present an interactive workshop on global health research career paths at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Association...

Global health partnerships showcased in International Health and Human Rights journal

14/11/2011

A special issue of the online journal, BMC International Health and Human Rights, features 10 case studies focusing on global health research, partnerships, and equity. The special issue is an initiative supported by Canada's Global Health Research...

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Québécois and Beninese researchers collaborate in the fight against AIDS

Québécois and Beninese researchers collaborate in the fight against AIDS

Twenty years ago the HIV/AIDS epidemic was devastating Benin, and the country had few means to combat it. Today, the war against AIDS is still not over, but many battles have been won. This is thanks to, among other things, the tenacity of...

Latest Results

Sustainable partnerships. Community engagement. Impact on health policy and practice. These are among the common themes in a collection of 10 case studies showcasing effective global health research. The case studies appear in a special supplement...

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