2007, Pro-Brook Publishing Limited, 180 pages (English). ISBN 978-940401-01-7

To achieve better health, particularly among the poor and marginalized in low- and high-income countries alike, there is a need to improve health systems and services, to ensure equitable and affordable access to these and to good quality medicines, and to address social inequities that produce and exacerbate poor health. Beyond the treatment of ill-health, much more attention is needed to create the conditions that enable individuals, communities and countries to promote better health.

The fourth Volume of the Global Forum Update on Research for Health reflects the current state of health research in ensuring equitable access.
The topics covered range from access to health, innovation and research resources to decision-making and governance.

This Volume is produced to coincide with the Global Forum for Health Research's annual meeting, Forum 11, and contains articles from some of the leading institutions and public health professionals from across the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword Pramilla Senanayake
Introduction Stephen A Matlin
ACCESS TO HEALTH
Strengthening health systems towards better health outcomes Chen Zhu
Recent trends in research on health equity Davidson R Gwatkin
Understanding health service access: concepts and experience Lucy Gilson and Helen Schneider
Combining health and social protection measures to reach the ultra poor: experiences of BRAC Syed Masud Ahmed
Mandatory clinical trial registration: rebuilding public trust in medical research Trudo Lemmens and Ron A Bouchard
Open access to research protocols and results: intellectual property and the right to health Rodrigo A Salinas
A social determinants approach to health equity Sharon Friel, Ruth Bell, Tanja AJ Houweling and Sebastian Taylor
Making human rights work for the public’s health: equity and access Leslie London
Inequality, marginalization and poor health Lenore Manderson
Discrimination as a barrier to accessing mental health care Graham Thornicroft
The diverse pathways from globalization to health Maud MTE Huynen, Pim Martens and Henk BM Hilderink
INNOVATION
Towards the development of a Health Innovation Strategy for South Africa Glaudina Loots
Using the power of intellectual property to strengthen equitable access Anatole Krattiger
Financing of vaccine R&D – gaps and opportunities for innovation Paul Wilson and Robert Hecht
Child immunization: accelerating equitable access through innovative financing Alan R Gillespie
Being healthy: the role of research Andrew Y Kitua
The role of Knowledge Translation in bridging the “know-do gap” Ariel Pablos-Méndez and Ramesh Shademani
RESEARCH RESOURCES
Research impact on equitable access in health: the Cuban experience Gustavo Kourí, María G Guzmán, José Luis Pelegrino, Alicia Reyes, Luis Estruch, Niviola Cabrera
Nursing research: meeting today’s health challenges – perspectives from the International Council of Nurses Judith A Oulton and Patricia Caldwell
The need to develop research capacity Mary Ann D Lansang and Rodolfo J Dennis
Partnerships offer promise in developing systemic methods of male fertility regulation Kirsten M Vogelsong, Henry L Gabelnick and Eberhard Nieschlag
A new landscape of partnerships Stefanie Meredith and Elizabeth Ziemba
Capacity strengthening for global health research Gunvanti Goding, Michael Chew and Jimmy Whitworth
Partnership dynamics, issues and challenges Mary Moran, Anne-Laure Ropars and Javier Guzman
DECISION-MAKING
Delivering evidence to inform health system strengthening: the role of systematic reviews Sara Bennett
Equitable access: good intentions are not enough Robert Wells and Judith Whitworth
Using evidence for policy-making in health Tikki Pang
Towards evidence-informed policy-making in human resources for health: the state of research Manuel M Dayrit, Mario Roberto Dal Poz, Hugo Mercer and Carmen Dolea
Inequities in health status: findings from the 2001 Global Burden of Disease study Alan Lopez and Colin Mathers
The potentials of involving communities in health research Selemani S Mbuyita

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2006. Pro-Brook Publishing. 160 pages. ISBN 2-940286-44-2

There has been a marked and welcome increase in the attention given to alleviating poverty and the health problems of marginalized peoples, but there are still profound challenges facing health researchers in combating disease and promoting health.

The third volume of the Global Forum Update on Research for Health is devoted to these issues and how best health research can help tackle them. The topics covered range from combating infectious and chronic disease and promoting health to building research capacity in low-income countries and tackling the rising priorities of violence and road traffic injuries. This volume is produced to coincide with the Global Forum for Health Research's annual meeting, Forum 10 (Cairo, Egypt, 29 October - 2 November), and contains articles from some of the leading institutions and public health professionals from across the world.

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2005. Pro-Brook Publishing. 192 pages. ISBN 2-940286-36-1

During recent years, an increasingly clear picture has emerged of the ways that poverty, exclusion from education and social disadvantages – including discrimination based on biases related to gender, ability, social class/caste and ethnicity – all lead to inequities in health. Health research has a vital role to play in reducing these inequities.

Global Forum Update on Research for Health Volume 2 is the second in a series of essential overviews of global health research by leaders from the world's health research community. The result of a continuing collaboration between the Global Forum for Health Research and Pro-Brook Publishing, the publication has been launched at Forum 9 (Mumbai, India, 12-16 September). It presents over thirty perspectives on health research issues and challenges relating to poverty and equity from many of the leading institutions and public health professionals across the globe.

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2004. Pro-Brook Publishing. 184 pages. ISBN 2-940286-30-2

The Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2005 is the first fruit of the collaboration between the Global Forum for Health Research and Pro-Brook Publishing Limited. Published specifically for Forum 8 and the Ministerial Summit on Health Research and with a global circulation, the report comprises more than 30 issue-based articles under five main subject headings, demonstrating a wide range of expert opinion on the health research and actions necessary to achieve the Millenium Development Goals.

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