<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><b style><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Training
and Research Support Centre, Zimbabwe</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><b style><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">and the
pra4equity network in EQUINET</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Invite you to attend a session at the GSHSR on</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><b style><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Not
just any path to UHC!: </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><b style><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Research
approaches for equitable, people-centred health systems</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Time:<span style> </span><span style> </span>Friday
2<sup>nd</sup> November 2012, 16.30 – 18.00hrs</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Place:<span style> </span><span style> </span>Convention Hall 1</span><span class="MsoCommentReference"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Session
Organizer: <span style> </span>Barbara Kaim, TARSC
Zimbabwe</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Session
Chair: <span style> </span>Godelieve van
Heteren, Director, Rotterdam Global Health Initiative, Netherlands, GSHSR
Steering Committee</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">This
session will take as its starting point the statement by researchers from
Africa, Asia and the Americas at the final plenary of the first Global
Symposium on Health Systems Research that said:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><b style><i style><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">“Equity is the central
goal. Universal health coverage is the means of achieving equity”.</span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">But, do
all pathways to UHC produce this outcome? Does the process matter? </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
session will build on work and discussions from the 2010 GSHSR and review how participatory
action research (PAR) builds new knowledge that supports peoples’ role and
power in decision making in achieving UHC. It will do this through reflection and
discussion on 4 key questions: </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style>o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">How
do struggles for participatory democracy affect the shaping and delivery on
UHC?<span style> </span>(</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Vera
Schattan P. Coelho</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">,
Brazil)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style>o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">How
important is organised community knowledge and demand in ensuring equity in the
resource allocation for UHC? <span style> </span>(Walter
Flores, Guatemala)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style>o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">What
does PAR contribute to changing institutional culture towards social
participation in health systems? (Therese Boulle, South Africa)</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Are
the gains from PAR local and time bound, or do they build generalisable
knowledge and change across countries? (Ellen Roskam, multi country study)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">We invite
you to attend this thought-provoking and engaging session.</span></p>