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<b>300 delegates in EPHP came together to deliberate on strengthening health system to achieve UHC</b><br><br>The second national conference on Bringing Evidence into Public Health Policy (EPHP) was held in October 5-6, 2012. It brought together twenty policy makers and more than hundred researchers, and public health practitioners who engaged in active discussions on several themes around ‘Strengthening health system to achieve universal health coverage’. The conference had close to hundred students participating in the deliberations as they make their inroads into learning the art of doing health systems research.<br>
<br><b>‘A much needed forum’: Policy and research lens</b><br><div>Policy makers shared their insights on how there are fewer opportunities and forums for dialogue between policy makers and researchers. This is despite the fact that all policy makers/implementers inevitably seek answers to health system challenges which emerge from research evidence. EPHP was seen as filling in this critical gap. EPHP was also seen as an important forum for bringing together researchers working on health policy and systems in India and promoting exchange of ideas and insights on this emerging field of research. Dr. Ravi Narayan, Community Health Advisor, SOCHARA in his concluding remarks said that ‘EPHP is a forum that can facilitate the presence of global south health system researchers at an international level’. </div>
<br><b>“Strengthening health systems to achieve UHC”</b><br><br>The many presentations and discussions during the conference dealt with different domains of both health systems and UHC, and helped bring them together. The need for further exploring health systems research in the context of UHC strongly emerged through the sessions. The difference in perception of the role of the private and public sectors towards achieving UHC also emerged to be a key issue debated across researchers and policy makers. The need for political commitment, the complexity of health systems research and the role of the community were few of the other most discussed topics.<br>
<br><b>An opportunity to review the conference abstracts again: BMC proceedings Vol 6 Suppl 5</b><br><br>The collection of proceedings of EPHP 2012 has been published online in the BMC proceedings Volume 6 as a separate supplement. The BMC proceedings is an online, open access journal which publishes proceedings of conferences which are of a cross- or multi-disciplinary nature. All the conference abstracts are available freely and are permanently accessible online <a href="http://ephp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=43bec4b190c72c27ed90dbb1a&id=19f3bd9991&e=4043c2d18f" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)" target="_blank">here</a>.<br>
<br><b><span style="font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Towards UHC: An operational manual for States in India launched</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IPH took the discussions and recommendations towards operationalising UHC a step further by preparing a document that brings together a few practical tools necessary to understand how UHC may be planned at the State level. This manual is specifically designed for State level policy makers and implementers. A pre-publication verison is available on our IPH website <a href="http://ephp.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=43bec4b190c72c27ed90dbb1a&id=68161c0b78&e=4043c2d18f" style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">www.iphindia.org</a> , but the book itself can be ordered on Amazon <a href="http://ephp.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=43bec4b190c72c27ed90dbb1a&id=6101d6efd8&e=4043c2d18f" style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></b><br>
<br><b><span style="color:rgb(35,31,32);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ePHM (e learning course for public health managers) launched</span><br><br><span style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(35,31,32);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Prof. Bruno Gryssels formally inaugurated the ePHM course during EPHP. The course which is the first of its kind in India aims to equip health managers with necessary knowledge and skills for managing health programmes at various levels in the health system. This one year course offers 12 modules on different aspects of public health management. The course will start in January 2013. </span></b><br>
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