SDH – NetBuilding Sustainable Capacity for Research for Health and its Social Determinantsin Low and Middle Income Countries

SGM3 Rio de Janeiro, 24 October 20131

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Budget: 2.214.461 €

EC Funding: 2.000.000 €

Call: FP7-HEALTH-2011 (CSA)

Duration: Oct 2011 - Sept 2015

Coordinator: GIZ / IESE

SDH-NET - Objectives

Social Determinants of Health• Contribute to building sustainable research systems

or research landscapes in LMIC • by developing tools and by forging links that extend

beyond the project phase. • Building on and setting out to strengthen research

networks, essential elements of sustainable research capacity.

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SDH-NET - Partners

11 Partners from Latin America, Africa and Europe– Brasil - Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz– Colombia - Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Mexiko - Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica– South Africa - University of Witwatersrand– Tanzania - Ifakara Health Institute– Kenya - University of Nairobi– Switzerland - University of Geneva, COHRED

(Council on Health Research for Development Association)

– Germany - GIZ– Spain - IESE Business School– UK - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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SDH-NET - Background

Increasing international realisation of the importance of Social Determinants and HealthEquity – Universal Health Coverage

Research Capacity Building, an important tool to contribute to better policies, and ultimately better health status in a sustainable wayLocal capacity – better solutions, better acceptance, better outcome!

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SDH-NET - Work

• Baseline analysis– Mapping Exercises

• Strategic Framework• Teaching Concepts and Material

– SDH- Net Topics– Research Management – Fundraising– Research Communication and Knowledge Sharing

• Networking South – South • Experience Exchange

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More information : www.sdh-net.eu

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Thank you !magda@iese.edu