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The ZAMFOHR Guide provides information on strategic e-literature search. It also offers guidelines on how to search for information in the ZAMFOHR database and other major health database. More
The Zambia Forum for Health Research (ZAMFOHR) in collaboration with the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) hosted a two-day workshop. The purpose of this workshop was to assist students, researchers and programme managers to improve their skills in accessing scientific literature and information by electronic means.MoreZAMFOHR hosted a consultative meeting on what needs to be done. The Forum works with other research institutions to translate research into policies and programmes. The overall objective of the consultation was to examine ways in which research institutions in Zambia and abroad can collaborate as a network in training and other means to improve Zambian capacity building for health research. MoreThrough a recent Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research grant, ZAMFOHR has developed the Zambia Fellowship Programme (ZFP). The primary aim of this 3 year program is to provide ongoing educational and training opportunities for Zambian health researchers and research users to become leaders in the areas of knowledge access, production, synthesis, utilization and adaptation. The purpose of this report was to document the priority KT learning needs as articulated by the health professionals who are participating in the ZAMFOHR fellowship program. MoreThe inaugural ZFP event was held at Ibis Gardens Chibombo, Zambia on June 3rd and 4th 2009, led by Drs. Joseph Kasonde (ZAMFOHR/CCGHR), Margaret Maimbolwa (ZAMFOHR/ CCGHR ) Ken Bassett (University of British Columbia/ CCGHR) and Sheila Harms (McMaster University/ CCGHR). The workshop introduced Knowledge Translation (KT) and Knowledge Management (KM) concepts and tools as well as planned further meetings and training activities. This report summarizes workshop findings and outlines the path ahead. More
