What are the challenges the UHC system is facing in your country? Is it a learning system? Do the government actors who are leading the charge know how to dialogue with and involve other stakeholders (civil society, NGOs, the media…)? In your own organisation, do experts on UHC share their knowledge and experience with other team members? What analytical capacity is in place? Are there mechanisms for identifying good practices and promoting and verifying they are being applied well? These are some of the questions asked in this competition. To enter put the idea on paper - describe the situation you want to share. To make a good cartoon, your idea must be clear and precise. This contest is NOT limited to Africa. You can submit as many ideas as you have. A jury made up of experts familiar with UHC challenges and learning organisations will then select the best ideas to submit to the cartoonist. All those participants selected in this first round will get a prize. And it is from this pool that the cartoonist will choose what to draw. To participate in this competition, please send your ideas in English or in French, in a Word document (one scenario per file please) to Yamba Kafando, FAHS CoP facilitator (cdpafss@gmail.com). You will get a confirmation you’re your scenario has been received, as well as a number for that scenario. Include your name and surname, the country in which you work, and your job title or role.
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The Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH) is a global network of community of practitioners who share a people–centric vision and human rights based approach to health, health care and human dignity. COPASAH’s Steering Committee, represented by the COPASAH Global Secretariat, is seeking a resource person to facilitate a review and Organisation Development (OD) process. The primary task of the consultant will be to determine the value-addition and impact of COPASAH’s activities for the network’s membership base, examine its organisational structure, and advise on the future structure, strategies and activities within the context of the broader field of social action and accountability for health.
The call for abstracts for the Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research is now open. The Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research will take place in Liverpool, UK, on 8-12 October 2018. The Fifth Global Symposium will advance conversations and collaborations on new ways of financing health, delivering services and engaging the health workforce, new social and political alliances, and new applications of technologies to promote health for all. Within the overarching Symposium theme, we welcome abstracts linked to the following four sub-themes: 1. The SDGs as a stimulus for renewed multisectoral action; 2. Polemic and pragmatism: engaging the private sector in moving towards universal health coverage; 3. Leaving no one behind: health systems that deliver for all and 4. Community health systems – where community needs are located, but often the invisible level of health systems. The deadline for organized session proposals is the 15 January, 2018 and the deadline for individual abstracts is 5 March, 2018.
Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Uganda in partnership with Nottingham Trent University, UK and Ministry of Health, Uganda invites submissions of abstracts for the symposium on Community Health Workers (CHWs) and their contribution towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sub themes include CHWs programmes (past, present and future), CHWs and health systems and the role of CHWs in the SDGs era. For further details on the symposium themes, the abstract format, dates for registration and the conference details see the website.
This conference will bring together researchers, activists, labour representatives, development practitioners and policy makers from around the world working to promote progressive public services, with an emphasis on health, water and electricity. It will showcase promising alternatives to private provision, as well as those which push forward our conceptual and methodological understandings of how public attitudes and practices arise, how they are constituted, and how they might be sustained. Papers can have a regional (Africa, Asia, Latin America) and/or sectoral focus (water, electricity, health) and should represent original work. All topics will be considered, as long as they meet the central conference theme of researching and promoting progressive public services.
This conference will bring together researchers, activists, labour representatives, development practitioners and policy makers from around the world working to promote progressive public services, with an emphasis on health, water and electricity. It will showcase promising alternatives to private provision, as well as those which push forward our conceptual and methodological understandings of how public attitudes and practices arise, how they are constituted, and how they might be sustained. Papers can have a regional (Africa, Asia, Latin America) and/or sectoral focus (water, electricity, health) and should represent original work. All topics will be considered, as long as they meet the central conference theme of researching and promoting progressive public services.
All are invited to submit abstracts to the ECSA Health Community for the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) Director’s Joint Consultative Committee (DJCC) and Best Practices Forum for 2012, which will be held from 14-17 August 2012. The DJCC is the highest technical organ of the ECSA Health Community and consists of directors of health/medical services in member states, directors of health research institutions and deans of medicals schools. The meeting will bring together senior officials from Ministries of Health, health experts, health researchers, heads of health training institutions from member states of the ECSA Health Community, as well as diverse collaborating partners in the region and beyond. These role players will identify policy issues and make recommendations to accelerate and scale up best practices in the ECSA region.
The Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) is an annual international conference focusing on policy-related health issues. The Conference will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 26 – 31 January 2016. The theme for PMAC 2016 is “Priority Setting for Universal Health Coverage”. The objectives are to advocate and build momentum on evidence- informed priority setting and policy decisions to achieve UHC goals; to advocate for the global movement and collaborations to strengthen the priority setting of health interventions and technology in the long-term; to share knowledge, experience, and viewpoints on health-related priority setting among organisations and countries; and to build capacity of policymakers and respective stakeholders for development and introduction of contextually-relevant priority setting mechanisms in support of UHC. The abstract should contain no more than 300 words that illustrate original research, or experience from the field on the subjects which have never been presented at any international conference. All submissions should fall under three main sub-themes as follows: firstly, organising priority setting: what evidence is needed? Secondly, using priority setting evidence in making UHC decisions. Thirdly, priority setting in action: learning and sharing country experiences.
The Sixth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2020) is now accepting individual abstracts (including oral presentations and posters), multimedia abstracts and skills-building sessions. You can find out more about key dates and how to submit on the HSR2020 abstracts webpage.
You are invited to submit abstracts of chapters for a book titled Strategic Health Communication in Urban Contexts, which will be featured as part of the 8th International Conference on Urban Health later this year. The forthcoming book is designed to address issues of urbanization, local, national, regional, and global health, and strategic uses of communication in local urban contexts. The focus is on the triangular interplay among the three components of health, behaviour and strategic communication in urban contexts. Contributions can be based on research, theory, practice or experience. Send a 500-word abstract by 1 July 2009. Notifications of acceptance will be announced on July 15. Complete chapters of about 5,000 words, excluding references and tables, will be expected no later than 1 October 2009.