The Seventh Global Symposium on Health Systems Research brings together over 2,000 policymakers, practitioners and researchers from more than 100 countries to explore issues across the central theme of “Health Systems Performance in the Political Agenda: Sharing Lessons for Current and Future Global Challenges.” Find R4D experts at the following sessions:
1. Engaging Stakeholders to Turn Research into Policy Amid Political Change
October 18, 11 am (GMT -5)
Virtual
Featuring:
– Ama Pokuaa Fenny, Senior Fellow
– Alexandre Delamou, Senior Consultant
2. Advancing Equity in Health Systems Strengthening: Four Key Approaches to Enhance Equity in Implementation and outcomes
October 20, 12 pm (GMT -5)
Virtual
Featuring:
– Linda Vanotoo, Ghana Country Director
– Leah Ewald, Senior Program Officer
3. What keeps us from separating ends and means in health reform?
October 31, 8 am – 4 pm (GMT -5)
Level 3, Room LM
Featuring:
– Agnes Gatome-Munyua, Associate Director
– Cheryl Cashin, Managing Director
– Nathaniel Otoo, Senior Fellow
4. PHCPI PCN Community of Practice Showcase
November 1, 8 – 10 am (GMT -5)
Hilton Bogota Conferias and virtual (link to come)
Featuring:
– Laurel Hatt, Senior Program Director and Practice Lead, Sustainable and Equitable Health Financing
– Amanda Folsom, Senior Program Director and Practice Lead, Collaborative Learning
– Linda Babalola, Senior Program Officer
– Emma Satzger, Senior Operations Associate
5. Contribution of the Private Sector in Health Systems Resilience and Reform (Hybrid private sector satellite session)
November 1, 8:30 am – 4 pm (GMT -5)
Level 2, Room BC
Featuring:
– Sarbani Chakraborty, Senior Program Director and Practice Lead, Mixed Health Systems
– Amit Bhanot, Technical Director of the Frontier Health Markets program
– Farhan Yusuf, Chief of Party of the Frontier Health Markets program
6. Promoting intersectoral collaboration through knowledge translation: lessons from the Partnership for Evidence and Equity in Responsive Social Systems (PEERSS)
November 1, 12:30 – 4 pm (GMT -5)
Level 3, Room K
Featuring:
– Abeba Taddese, Senior Program Director and Practice Lead, Evidence to Policy
7. Rehabilitation in health systems: Responding to changing population needs
November 2, 6:30 – 8:30 AM (GMT -5)
Featuring:
– Tamara Chikhradze, Associate Director
– Adeel Ishtiaq, Associate Director
In addition, R4D is involved in the following oral and poster presentations:
- “Evidence that a global peer-to-peer learning platform was effective in supporting immunization programs’ successful and sustainable transition from Gavi assistance” (poster)
- “Co-creation: an innovative approach for improving multi-sectoral collaboration and coordination for accelerating progress toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Togo” (poster)
- “Reimagining Health Care Delivery Models for Equity in Ghana: Implementation Research on Primary Care Provider Networks” (poster)
- “Raising the visibility of NTDs in the discussion of domestic health resource allocation: Lessons from Colombia, Guatemala, and the Philippines” (poster)
- “An approach to integrating and scaling up mental health services as part of comprehensive primary health care in Liberia: Lessons and challenges in pandemic times” (oral); November 2, 2022, 11:00-12:30, Room N
Posters will be available for viewing from November 2-4 on the 3rd level of the Agora Convention Centre.
Finally, come find us at the Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator booth, located at E7 on the 4th floor of the main conference center.
