From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><u></u><u></u><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Beijing</span></font></b><u></u><u></u><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold"> Statement from the Second Global Symposium on
Health Systems Research<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">3 November, 2012 - <u></u><u></u>Beijing<u></u>, <u></u>China<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Statement Available online at: <a href="http://bit.ly/TAUWiZ" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/TAUWiZ</span></font></a>
<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">From 31 October to 3 November, 2012, 1,775 participants from
over 110 countries gathered in <u></u><u></u>Beijing<u></u>,
 <u></u>China<u></u><u></u> for the
Second Global Symposium on health systems research.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Presentations
and plenary videos available at: <a href="http://bit.ly/TBmMr2" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style>http://bit.ly/TBmMr2</span></font></a> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Around the theme of inclusion and innovation towards Universal Health Coverage
(UHC), the Second Symposium reviewed state-of-the art research and discussed
strategies for strengthening the field of health systems research…”<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“…Key ideas for action that have emerged related to the
objectives of the program include:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• The cutting edge of health systems
research should be advanced by supporting analysis of politics and policy;
community action interventions; fiscal innovations; equity oriented health
metrics; and longitudinal methods to capture dynamism and long-term impact of
interventions.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Symposium participants want more
research on: social inequalities in health, including urbanisation and ageing;
social exclusion; governance; and the balance of sectors, including informal,
private, and public.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• The development of social science
methodologies, health metrics and monitoring and evaluation systems in a
balanced manner should be encouraged in order to appreciate the complexity of
health systems, policies and implementation processes and capture their
historical origins, current status and future long-term impacts.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Other innovations that warrant
support include strengthened data surveillance systems; better documentation of
financial flows at all levels; nesting research and incorporation of knowledge
uptake in research design for improved monitoring and accountability, including
by communities, in implementation of UHC.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Knowledge translation should be
facilitated by developing communities of practice and trust between
researchers, practitioners and policymakers; drawing from multiple sources of
knowledge and evidence, including real-world experiences; strengthening
open-access databases; and enhancing South-South exchange of innovations to
achieve UHC.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">• Long term and public financing for public research
institutions for health systems research is desired. Interest groups and
partnerships should be supported for various forms of training in health
systems research, that include communication, values, power relations and
context analysis as capacities at all levels….”<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Launch of Health Systems Global - </span></b><font color="black"><span style><a href="http://bit.ly/SHwyZD" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style>http://bit.ly/SHwyZD</span></font></a> </span></font><b><span style="font-weight:bold"><u></u><u></u></span></b></span></font></p>


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Health Systems Global, a membership organization dedicated to promoting health systems
research and knowledge translation:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
As a part of the society’s member-driven activities, a series of thematic
working groups will be launched in 2013. <br>
These groups will provide a platform to exchange experiences and ideas on
particular aspects of health systems research, including the latest
developments. Each group will be led by two experts, who will facilitate debate
and discussion about the key issues in the field. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
A preliminary list of 9 suggested thematic working groups:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">1. The Health Systems Researcher:</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> This group
focuses on transforming and scaling up the education and training of health
professionals, addressing metrics, standards and curriculum development. What
does it take to become a health systems researcher? What training materials and
courses are needed and are available? <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">2. Methods to Measure Health System
Performance</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">: This group will explore current methodological
debates in the field of health systems research. Topics could include
developing new theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of
innovation; evaluation, methodologies currently being used to measure equity;
and conducting systematic reviews of health systems research.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">3. Mentoring Young Researchers</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">: A working
group focusing on those under 40 that will support abstract development and
help young researchers with their research/article writing Young researchers
will organize their own session at symposia and be in touch throughout the year
on issues they select.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">4. Priority-setting in Health</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">: A working
group to look at health policies, models and theories related to setting
priorities and taking decisions, and the role of the community in
decision-making. Practical experiences will also be shared and discussed.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">5. Health Systems and the Law</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">: This working
group will address the legal aspects of health systems. Key issues could
include legal constraints to task-shifting in the health-care workforce,
patient rights and the legal structure of health care centres and
organizations. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">6. Fragile Sates:</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> This
working group will looks at health systems and fragile states. How do health
systems function in such settings and how are they best rebuilt? What is the
relationship between national and international players? <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">7. Universal Health Insurance and
Health Care Financing</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">: This working group will continue
the debate about how best to achieve universal access including risk protection
and what are the barriers. Who pays and how much?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">8. Knowledge Translation</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">: Studying
and evaluating knowledge transfer and exchange in public policy-making and
program environment. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">9. Urban Health</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">: This
working groups aims to look at how to redress inequities in the urban space.
For the first time in history, the majority of the world’s population lives in
cities, almost all of this growth will occur in cities of the developing world
and overwhelmingly, among the urban poor. The group aims to galvanize research
and policy attention towards the heath-related needs of the urban poor, with
particular attention to the underlying social determinants of inequities in
health.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Board Members:<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Irene Agyepong (Chair), <u></u>University<u></u> of <u></u>Ghana<u></u>
<u></u><u></u>School<u></u> of <u></u>Public Health<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Sara Bennet (Vice-Chair), <u></u>John<u></u> <u></u>Hopkins<u></u>
<u></u>School<u></u> of Public Health, <u></u><u></u>USA<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Somsak Chundaras (Treasurer),
National Health <u></u><u></u>Foundation<u></u>,
 <u></u>Thailand<u></u><u></u> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Dina Balabanova, <u></u>London<u></u> <u></u>School<u></u>
of Hygiene and Tropical <u></u><u></u>Medicine<u></u>,
 <u></u>United Kingdom<u></u><u></u> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Peter Berman, <u></u><u></u>Harvard University<u></u>, <u></u>USA<u></u><u></u>
<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Natalie Eggermont, <u></u><u></u>Ghent University<u></u>, <u></u>Belgium<u></u><u></u>
<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Fadi El-Jardali, American <u></u><u></u>University of Beirut<u></u>, <u></u>Lebanon<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Tim Evans, <u></u><u></u>BRAC University<u></u>, <u></u>Bangladesh<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Qingyue Meng, <u></u><u></u>Peking University Health Science Center<u></u>, <u></u>China<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Anne Mills, <u></u>London<u></u>
<u></u>School<u></u> of Hygiene and Tropical <u></u><u></u>Medicine<u></u>, <u></u>United
  Kingdom<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Freddie Ssengooba, <u></u>Makerere<u></u>
<u></u>University<u></u>, <u></u><u></u>School of Public Health<u></u>, <u></u>Uganda<u></u><u></u>
<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">From 2012 to 2014 Health Systems
Global will be co-hosted by the <u></u>University<u></u>
of <u></u>Copenhagen<u></u> and the <u></u><u></u>Alliance<u></u><u></u> for Health Policy and Systems
Research. The secretariat in <u></u>Copenhagen<u></u> will
manage the resources and membership functions while the <u></u><u></u>Alliance<u></u><u></u> for Health Policy and Systems
Research will oversee the planning and organization of the Third Global
Symposium in 2014<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Secon<font size="1">d</font> Global Symposium Executive
Committee and the Working group members:</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Dan Kraushaar (Chair), Management
Sciences for <u></u><u></u>Health<u></u>, <u></u>USA<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Peter Berman, <u></u><u></u>Harvard University<u></u>, <u></u>USA<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Tim Evans, <u></u>School<u></u>
of <u></u>Public Health<u></u>, <u></u><u></u>BRAC University<u></u>, <u></u>Bangladesh<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Abdul Ghaffar, <u></u><u></u>Alliance<u></u><u></u> for Health Policy and Systems
Research, WHO <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Steven Gloyd, Department of Global
Health, <u></u><u></u>University of Washingington<u></u>,
 <u></u>USA<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Prea Gulati, <u></u>School<u></u>
of <u></u>Public Health<u></u>, <u></u><u></u>BRAC University<u></u>, <u></u>Bangladesh<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Marie-Gloriose Ingabire,
International Development Research Centre (IDRC), <u></u><u></u>Canada<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Shenglan Tang, Global Health
Institute, <u></u><u></u>Duke University<u></u>,
 <u></u>USA<u></u><u></u> (Formerly
WHO/TDR)<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Ex officio: Jeffrey Lazarus, <u></u><u></u>University of Copenhagen<u></u>, <u></u>Denmark<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Ex officio: M. Kent Ranson, <u></u><u></u>Alliance<u></u><u></u> for Health
Policy and Systems Research, WHO<br>
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