Collaboration
Partnerships and collaboration are integral to the Global Forum’s principles of inclusion and to making most impact with limited resources.
The Global Forum closely collaborates with a range of organizations from all sectors. A few - recent - examples follow:
International organizations
- UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP)
- UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- WHO Mental Health: Evidence and Research
- WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
- World Bank
Nongovernmental organizations and public-private partnerships
- Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED)
- European Foundation Centre (EFC)
- Initiative on Public-Private Partnerships for Health (IPPPH)
- The Global Forum was instrumental in launching the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)
Research institutes, universities and initiatives
- Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (Alliance HPSR)
- Initiative on Child Health and Nutrition Research (CHNRI)
- Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre and Swiss Tropical Institute
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Initiative for Cardiovascular Health Research in the Developing Countries (IC-Health)
- Johns Hopkins University
- Road Traffic Injuries Research Network (RTIRN)
- S exual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)
Governments
- Ministry of Health, Brazil
- Ministry of Health, Cuba
- Ministry of Health, Mexico
- Government of Egypt
- Ministry of Health, People's Republic of China
- Government of Mali
- Ministry of Health, Spain
- Ministry of Health, Department of Science and Technology, Brazil
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DANIDA
Publishers | Private sector
Ethical guidelines for working with the private sector
In furthering its mission and policies, the Global Forum for Health Research seeks to collaborate with a wide range of constituencies in and beyond the domains of health and health research. In any interactions that it may develop with commercial enterprises, the Global Forum places paramount importance on safeguarding its reputation and integrity of values. To this end:
- The Global Forum will seek to avoid any actual or perceived conflict of interest in any dealings with commercial enterprises.
- The Global Forum will exercise due diligence in all such dealings.
- Open public access to information is the guiding principle on which the Global Forum operates.
The policies and practices of the Global Forum in all interactions with the private sector are set and regulated by the Foundation Council.