Tuesday 30 October 2012

2nd Global symposium on Health system Research


The second Global symposium on health system research is scheduled to start tomorrow in Beijing. It is impressive to see that everything and everybody (plenary speakers and participants) is ready.The symposium is dedicated to evaluate progress, sharing insights and recalibrating the agenda of science to accelerate universal health coverage (UHC).
In this symposium , participants will share new state-of-the art evidence on universal health coverage, review the progress towards UHC including progress since the World Healt report of 2010, facilitate greater collaboration and learning communities across desplines, sectors, initiatives and countries. It will also identify and discuss the approaches to strengthern the scientific rigor of health systems research including concepts, frameworks , measures and methods.

The main themes of the conference will be; knowlege translation, state-of-the art research on Health Systems Research (HSR)  and HSR methodologies.Cross-cutting themes include; Innovations in HSR, neglected priorities or population groups in HSR and financing and capacity building for HSR.Moreover the new international society called Health systems global will be officially launched. As in the 1st global symposium on HSR that took place in 2010 in Montreux, Swirtzeland, the emerging voices will actively participate in the symposium. 

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