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 The programme is under development. Please check for regular updates.
The Symposium will include:
– presentation and discussion of background papers
– plenary sessions
– concurrent sessions
– networking time in breaks and over meals
– the Marketplace: the meeting hub for exchange of ideas
– satellite meetings
– essay competition: Young Researchers for Health
The Symposium is structured around two main streams:
 Stream 1: State of the Art
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Stream 2: State of the Art
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The first stream is relevant for presenting HSR findings. Results can be based on primary or secondary data sources, employ quantitative and/or qualitative research methods and derive from completed or ongoing research. Recommendations / conclusions should demonstrate contributions of the described research to enhancing universal health coverage in a particular setting and the potential applications to other settings, if applicable. Findings in this stream will correspond to one of the following themes:
- Political economy of universal health coverage
- Health system financing
- Scaling-up of health services
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Knowledge translation
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The second stream will be educational and contribute to participants’ learning and skills development for advancing the HSR field. The focus of this stream will include one of the following themes:
- Terminology, taxonomies, frameworks
- Methods for HSR and knowledge translation
- Measures used in HSR
- Capacity building for HSR
- Multidisciplinary approaches
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