2008 Algiers Ministerial Conference on Research for Health in the African Region
Narrowing the Knowledge Gap
for Africa's Health
Algiers,
June
23–26, 2008
STEERING COMMITTEE
OBJECTIVES
The major objective of the 2008 Algiers Ministerial Conference is to bring all ministers from the African Region together with researchers, NGOs, donors and the private sector, in order to strengthen commitments and to agree on a common declaration (Algiers’s declaration) for submission to the 2008 Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health in Bamako, Mali; more specifically, Algiers 2008 will aim at :
a. renewing commitments to strengthen the generation of knowledge and narrow the knowledge gap to improve Africa’s health development and health equity;
b. highlighting innovative approaches and success stories in developing capacity in research, information and knowledge management in the African Region, and,
c. Strengthening the use of evidence in policy development and decision making