The committee of the 6th Lao National Health Research Forum invites abstract submission and registration, using the follwoing link.http://www.nioph.gov.la/nhrf/laonhrf/index.php?journal=laonhrf&page=index


The 6^th Lao National Health Research Forum will be held in Savannakhet province between 14th and 15^th September, 2012.

Place

Daosavanh Resort & Spa hotel is a resort hotel in downtown waterfront Mekong River in Kaisone Phomvihan district, Savannaketh province. Participants who wish to stay in this hotel please go to the following link  (http://www.daosavanhhtl.com/)

Abstract submission/registration

Not yet open

Background and objectives

The National Health Research Forum (NHRF) is an annual event organized by the National institute of Public health with its research partners the Japanese Consortium for Health Research in Lao PDR namely the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature of Japan, the Institute for Research and Development France, and the Concern World Wide.  

One of the recommendations from the National workshops to develop long terms strategic plan towards the national health research system (NHRS) strengthening held in August 2006 was to organize the annual national health research forum to promote health research system strengthening in Lao PDR. The first national health research forum was started in the year 2007 and successfully organized, and then the following four national health research forums were held annually. This is the fora for policy makers and research partners from the region joined and discuss various health research findings, in particular in the last three years, the forum were focused and highlighted the topic on research promoting the achievement of the health related millennium development goals. 

The 6^th NHRF will focus on “Partnership” in health research and policy implementation.

The following specific objectives are set for the sixth NHRF:

・         To introduce the new Lao Health Research Portal

・         To present the new research findings and innovation of research works conducted at both nationally and internationally

・         To share and to learn the best practices of research skills between national and international researchers

・         To strengthen and enhance the partnership and research network within and between countries

・         To discuss together the research findings and gaps for policy recommendations and actions to gradually promote the meeting of five MDGs related to health through research

・         To provide evidences to policy-makers for their decision-making

Programme

An official opening ceremony of the forum will take place in the morning of the 14^th September 2012 followed by morning plenary with the welcome reception in that evening. Each day the forum will be organized by sessions covered the following topics:

1.      Lao Health Research Portal

2.      Policy implementation

3.      Disease control: HIV/AIDS, Malaria, other infectious diseases

4.      Eco Health emerging infectious diseases

5.      Maternal and child health and nutrition

6.      Human resource for Health

7.      Health care financing

Program at Glance

 
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Vientiane Times interviewed Prof. Masamine Jimba, the vice president of the consortium.

Prof. Boungnong Boupha who is presently a member of the Lao Diet and the former director of the National Institute of Public Health, visited the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto in December, 2012 and participated in the symposium with between the Lao health authority and the consortium.

National Center for Global Health and Medicine established a joint laboratory at Institut Pasteur du Laos in December, 2011. The overall goal is to establish a Lao-Japan Joint Laboratory (LJJL) of Excellence for malaria and other parasitic disease research that can make substantial contributions to the mitigation and containment of the diseases in Lao PDR, and can be sustained beyond the duration of this project. This goal will be achieved through state-of-the-art research on molecular genetic epidemiological studies in the different epidemiological settings in Lao PDR; collaborations with national malaria and other parasitic diseases control programs to develop locally adapted control strategies; and training, career development and capacity building at Institut Pasteur of Laos.