Opening remarks at the 14th Canadian Conference on International Health "Global Change and Health", Ballroom, Marriott hotel, Ottawa, 8h30, November 5, 2007

French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Mot d'ouverture lors de la 14e Conférence canadienne sur la santé internationale "Le changement global et la santé", hôtel Marriott, Ottawa (Ontario), 8h30, le 5 novembre 2007The mismatch between current spending on health research and the actual needs of the world’s population is a subject for the Canadian conference on International Health. The GHRI Global Health Research Initiative is a collaboration of agencies: the Canadian International Development Agency; the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Health Canada; and the International Development Research Centre. It aims to promote health research in developing and middle-income countries, in part by coordinating the efforts of its partner institutions. These are opening remarks to the “Global Change and Health” conference