44th Session of the Advisory Committee on Health Research (ACHR) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Report to the Director, 2011

Abstract

[Introduction] The Advisory Committee on Health Research (ACHR/CAIS) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/AMRO) met in Barcelona 13 – 15 October 2011 providing the Members the opportunity to attend the joint XIX Cochrane Colloquium and VI International Conference on Patient Safety in Madrid. The structure of the meeting followed the same format of the 43rd ACHR meeting in Panama in its action oriented approach and alignment with the 5 goals of WHO’s Strategy on Research for Health. The main objective was to assess progress on the implementation of PAHO’s Policy on Research for Health (CD49/R10), and advice the Director on this regard. The discussions and recommendations in this report follow the structure of the meeting.