FHS partners from Ethiopia, Uganda, India and Liberia attended the recent FHS “Issue Briefs: A Knowledge translation tool for evidence-informed decision-making” workshop held at IIFPHC-E from March 26-29, 2018.
FHS partners alongside other researchers from Ethiopian research institutes and universities, and practitioners from the Federal Ministry of Health in Ethiopia gathered to take a deep dive into the art and science of writing an Issue Brief.
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Inspired by the power of networks to strengthen capacity in health systems research, colleagues at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health convened a panel titled “The network approach to strengthening health systems research capacity: experiences from the Global South” for the Global Forum for Health Research (Forum 2015) held in Manila, Philippines from 24-27 August. Four networks engaged in capacity building for health policy and systems research (HPSR) were showcased. Here are the reflections of the Chair (NJ) and the panelists (CM, EE, RR and SG).
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In the New Leaders for Health (NL4H) Pre-Forum in Manila, which took place in August 2015, four Emerging Voices alumni – Renzo Guinto, Nasreen Jessani, Bhaskar Purohit and Beverly Ho – participated in a panel entitled “Emerging Voices for Global Health: The Future of Health Systems Research.” The panel aimed to not only introduce the Emerging Voices for Global Health (EV4GH) program to young health researchers and innovators, but also to showcase the experiences of Emerging Voices (EV) alumni post-training and their visions for the future of health systems research across the world. In this blog post, the four alumni summarize in ten points the key messages that arose from their exciting ‘Manila conversation’.
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"For a few days in June I felt like Alice in Wonderland: tumbling down a rabbit hole, only to find myself lost in a maze of rooms. Overwhelmed by the unfamiliar. Curious about what next. I opened one door and saw indistinguishable mathematical formulas flash on the screen across the hall. I opened another door and could barely see through the multitude of hands raised in question." Nasreen Jessani tells the story of her experience at the annual Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) held in Brighton, UK from 23-28 June 2015.
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