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Strengthening Health Systems Through Research, Education, and Action

Strengthening Health Systems Through Research, Education, and Action. Global Health Council Satellite Session Health System Strengthening: What is Everyone Doing? June 13, 2011 Professor Michael R. Reich Harvard School of Public Health. 1. Strengthening Health Systems Through Research.

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Strengthening Health Systems Through Research, Education, and Action

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  1. Strengthening Health Systems Through Research, Education, and Action Global Health Council Satellite Session Health System Strengthening: What is Everyone Doing? June 13, 2011 Professor Michael R. Reich Harvard School of Public Health

  2. 1. Strengthening Health Systems Through Research On all major topics of Health Systems, with a disciplinary focus on Political Economy: Health Systems (Roberts, Hsiao, Berman, Bossert , Reich) Health Financing (Hsiao, Yip, Berman) Health Management & Human Resources (Roberts, Bossert, Bärnighausen, Berman) Justice and Human Rights (Daniels and Gruskin) Pharmaceutical Policy (Reich and Roberts) Decentralization (Bossert) HIV/AIDS (Bärnighausen) Randomized Trials of Interventions (J. Cohen) HSPH - HEALTH SYSTEMS

  3. 2. Strengthening Health Systems Through Education Many different levels of education: Harvard-WorldBank Institute Flagship Program on Health System Strengthening Doctoral Concentration on Health Systems at HSPH MS/MPH training in Global Health at HSPH Executive Education courses at HSPH (quality, decentralization, human resources, strategic planning) New Harvard Leadership Program for Ministers of Health HSPH - HEALTH SYSTEMS

  4. The Harvard-Flagship Health Reform Approach From: Marc J. Roberts, William Hsiao, Peter Berman, and Michael R. Reich: Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity. Oxford University Press, New York, 2004, p. 27 HSPH - HEALTH SYSTEMS

  5. The Harvard-Flagship Health Reform Approach:Core Concepts From: Marc Roberts, William Hsiao, Peter Berman, and Michael R. Reich: Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity. Oxford University Press, New York, 2004, p. 27

  6. Doctoral Concentration in Health Systems HSPH - HEALTH SYSTEMS

  7. 3. Strengthening Health Systems Through Action Collaboration with all major actors in the global health arena: National governments: Support for public policy analysis, including the design, implementation, and evaluation of major health reform efforts (China, Colombia, Egypt, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico) International agencies: Analytical research, strategic planning, implementation research; including WHO, World Bank, UNFPA, UNAIDS, and UNICEF Non-governmental agencies: Applied research, advocacy planning, design of public-private partnerships HSPH - HEALTH SYSTEMS

  8. 3. Strengthening Health Systems Through Action • Illustrative examples: • Jessica Cohen: Co-founder of TAMTAM Africa, Inc (Together Against Malaria), an NGO on malaria prevention among pregnant women • Bill Hsiao and Winnie Yip: Project enhancing TB control in a large scale social experiment in rural China • Marc J. Roberts: Harvard Egypt Executive Management Program, to improve management skills and practices in Egyptian Ministry of Health • Marc Mitchell: Founder of D-Tree, which uses smart-phone technology to support point-of-care diagnosis and treatment • Norman Daniels: Improving priority setting (accountability for reasonableness) in countries in Africa, Europe, and Latin America HSPH - HEALTH SYSTEMS

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