PLENARY SESSION |
| FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER |
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Session Start/End Time: 09:00 - 10:30 |
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 COMPLETE SESSION WEBCAST
Administration, financement et activités de la RSS: Opportunités et challenges dans le but d'améliorer la recherche
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Panel Moderator: Srinath Reddy
President
Public Health Foundation of India
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ON-DEMAND WEBCAST AND PRESENTATION
Srinath Reddy - English | Srinath Reddy - French |
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| OBJECTIVE: This plenary session aims to discuss and analyse global stewardship for health systems research with an emphasis on examining the financing of health systems research in line with research demands. Each of the speakers will be asked to respond to the invitation to speak by providing the Secretariat with a brief statement on how they propose to address the assigned topic. |
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Financing and stewardship of health systems research |
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John-Arne Røttingen
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Norway
[ See Biography ]
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ON-DEMAND WEBCAST AND PRESENTATION |
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John-Arne Røttingen - English | John-Arne Røttingen - French |
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| The presentation will examine the current international landscape of health systems research, in line with research demands emanating from health systems strengthening in general, and universal health coverage in particular. It will discuss the need for a stewardship function for health systems research and introduce a discussion on which directions health systems research should go in the next decade or so. It will assess how much has been spent on health systems research and how and where funding has been spent. Is this sufficient? Has the funding been leading to the enhanced capacity of health systems research and thus contributed to health policy development, particularly in LMICs? Are there efficient mechanisms for translating relevant research to policy formulation? |
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Capacity building for health systems research in low- and middle-income countries |
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Sara Bennett
Health Systems Program, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
[ See Biography ] |
ON-DEMAND WEBCAST AND PRESENTATION |
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Sara Bennett - English | Sara Bennett - French |
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| The presentation maps and analyses major initiatives to-date that have aimed to help develop capacity for health systems research in low- and middle-income countries, including programmes that have targeted individual and institutional level capacity. Through a systematic review of capacity development initiatives, the presentation will identify what we do and do not know regarding effective capacity development strategies, and will propose concrete next steps and promising strategies to enhance research capacity in low- and middle-income countries. |
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Two case studies: Capacity building in China, Qingque Meng |
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Capacity building in China,
Qingque Meng
Director, China Center for Health Development Studies, Peking University
[ See Biography ]
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| Qingque Meng - English | Qingque Meng - French |
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| Context is a critical element of health systems research and the context specificity of HSR often leads to the criticism that it is not generalisable. To examine the place of context in HSR this presentation will consider the types of questions asked in HSR and the dimensions of context relevant to those questions, drawing on different disciplinary and methodological approaches. Finally, it will outline a range of practical strategies that can be used in seeking to transfer the lessons of HSR from one setting to another. |
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Methods for evaluating complex interventions (vs. global health initiatives) |
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Capacity building in Africa,
Di McIntyre
Health Economics Unit, Dept of Public Heath and Family Medicine,
University of Cape Town, Health Sciences Faculty, South Africa
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ON-DEMAND WEBCAST AND PRESENTATION |
| Diane McIntyre - English | Diane McIntyre - French |
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| A key constraint to building health economics (and other health systems) research capacity within the African context is the lack of core funding from universities or Ministries of Health for such research. Most of the successful health systems research institutions within Africa are largely ‘soft-funded’. This presentation will outline the importance of focusing on institutional capacity strengthening, key issues in reducing the fragility of soft-funded research institutions and the need for greater collaboration between such institutions within countries and across the region to promote institutional sustainability. It also highlights the importance of strong relationships with policy makers to ensure institutional sustainability. It draws not only on the experience of institutions in South Africa but also in other African countries. |
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| COMMENTS: Srinath Reddy - English | Srinath Reddy - French |
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