SAFHeR

Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) took the initiation to establish South Asian Forum for Health Research (SAFHeR) in 2003 as a mechanism to enhance regional collaboration and partnership for health research among South Asian countries. The first regional meeting of SAFHeR was organized with the theme of "Enhancing South-South Collaboration in Health Research" in July 7-8, 2008. The meeting concluded with the Kathmandu Declaration in which all the member countries agreed to purpose some common strategies for fostering collaboration and partnership on Health Research in South Asia region and beyond.The second regional meeting of SAFHeR was organized in June 4-5, 2009 with the theme of "Strengthening Health Research Communication" to academicians, policy makers and program mangers as well as to public through media and civil society interaction.

Third regional Meeting of SAFHeR is going to be organized on August 28-29, 2010 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The theme of the meeting is "Operationalizing Regional Health Research Priorities." The technical session of the meeting will be focusing on "Getting Research into Policy and Practice." Followed by the business meeting which will focus on "Institutionalizing SAFHeR."