Canada.Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of : In an effort to position itself as "Canada's main engine of health research discovery and innovation," the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the major federal agency responsible for funding health research in Canada. It is the successor to the Medical Research Council of Canada. (CIHR CIHR Canadian Institutes of Health ResearchCIHR Cambodian Institute of Human Rights ) announced a plan to boost its budget by $380 million, to $1 billion, by 2007-2008. CIHR Director Alan Bernstein, in introducing the plan, discussed the need for health research to move from the laboratory to the patient more quickly and effectively. The four-year blueprint blueprint, white-on-blue photographic print, commonly of a working drawing used during building or manufacturing. The plan is first drawn to scale on a special paper or tracing cloth through which light can penetrate. set forward five major goals for the institutes: to support the country's research communities, to address emerging health needs, to balance research between disease prevention and cure, to target the health of "vulnerable populations" and to support innovations that improve the health system and the economy. CIHR was established in 2000 to replace the Medical Research Council. Source: The Scientist |
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