PHM-Exch> Montreux, 16-19 November: Global Symposium on Health Systems Research

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: vern weitzel <vern.weitzel at gmail.com>
crossposted from: "[health-vn discussion group]" <health-vn at anu.edu.au>

*From: *"Julie N Reza" <naimareza at hotmail.com>
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Given this forum's interest in health systems, you may want to register or
follow the proceedings of the first Global Symposium on Health Systems
Research, being held 16-19 November in Montreux, Switzerland. This symposium
is being organized by the World Health Organization; the Special Programme
for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR); the Alliance for
Health Policy and Systems Research; the Special Programme of Research,
Development and Research Training in Human Reproductive Health (HRP); and
the Global Forum for Health Research, and sponsored by numerous other global
partners.

This first symposium is dedicated to improving the scientific evidence
needed by health policy-makers and practitioners to inform their decisions
related to accelerating universal health coverage. Achieving and sustaining
universal coverage requires attention to a broad range of issues that are
central to health systems performance. This includes drawing on the six
interdependent health system building blocks - finance, workforce, services,
technologies, information, and governance - and understanding how policies
and programmes from within and beyond the health sector can be developed and
implemented effectively, efficiently, and equitably.

You may also be aware that implementation research (IR) is a growing and
necessary field to help scale up new services and interventions. TDR is
leading a new initiative on the use of IR to increase access to these
improved tools against infectious diseases and map existing and new
strategies. Nearly 70 researchers, implementers, scientists and
representatives from Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) attended a June
consultation in Uganda, which centred on a planned report identifying gaps
and priorities in implementation research into diseases of poverty.

For more information on this initiative and the report, go to
http://www.who.int/tdr/svc/news-events/news/access-interventions

The report will be presented at the First Global Symposium on Health Systems
Research (http://www.hsr-symposium.org/ ) in November in Montreux,
Switzerland.
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