The 6th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research or #HSR2020 is the foremost conference on health systems and policy research and practice.
IGHD is very proud to be presenting on several areas during the virtual symposium and will share resources on this page as they become available.
HSR2020 will be split across the following three phases:
Phase 1 | 8th-12th November |
Phase 2 | 25th November 2020 - Mid March 2021 |
Phase 3 | End of March 2021 |
The tabs below outline the various sessions that the IGHD team are presenting at or have contributed to.
- Panels
- Poster Presentations
- Skill-Building Sessions
November 9th, 12.05 - 13.20 GMT Health system responses to COVID-19: how can we meet the needs of refugees and internally displaced people? Dr Karin Diaconu Related project: Health system and community responses to COVID-19 among Palestine refugees |
January 13th, 9.00-10.15 GMT Understanding and tackling fragility Dr Karin Diaconu, Prof Alastair Ager Related project: Research Unit on Health in Situations of Fragility |
January 13th, 13.00 - 14.15 GMT Fostering learning health systems in low and middle-income countries |
February 24th, 15.00 - 16.15 GMT Seeing the clinic as a ‘whole system’: challenges and opportunities of clinic-based ethnography in HPSR |
All posters will be accessible via the HSR2020 website for the duration of Phase 1.
Live presentation on 10th Nov from 16.36-16.39 GMT The intersection of randomized trials, realist and economic evaluations: exploring methodological convergence and impacts of a novel financing intervention View the abstract | View the slides Dr Karin Diaconu, Prof Sophie Witter Related project: Results4TB |
Live presentation on 11th Nov from 15.30-15.33 GMT Competing policy imperatives: is the clinic a safe space for its workers and users? View the abstract | View the slides Ms Gimenne Zwama, Dr Karina Kielmann Related project: Umoya ohmule |
Live presentation on 11th Nov from 15.42-15.45 GMT Understanding perceptions of recovery from psychological distress in Sierra Leone through crisp set analysis View the abstract | View the slides Dr Kanykey Jailobaeva, Dr Rebecca Horn, Mr Abdulai Jawo Bah, Ms Giulia Loffreda, Prof Alastair Ager Related project: Research Unit on Health in Situations of Fragility |
Strengthening social voice: adapting and continuing a collaborative action/learning process with community stakeholders in Mpumalanga, South Africa Related project: VAPAR |
Designing Complex Health Interventions using Embedded, Participatory Multi-disciplinary Approaches: Reflections from a Researcher/Practitioner Partnership in Georgia Prof Sophie Witter, Dr Karin Diaconu Related project: Results4TB |
The Political Economy of Non-Communicable Diseases in Fragile Lebanon: Identifying Challenges and Opportunities for Policy Change and Care Provision Reforms Dr Karin Diaconu, Mr Ibrahim Bou-Orm, Dr Pol deVos Related project: Research Unit on Health in Situations of Fragility |
System Dynamics of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Prevention, Diagnosis and Control in Greater Beirut, Lebanon: An Analysis using Group Model Building Dr Karin Diaconu, Mr Ibrahim Bou-Orm, Dr Pol deVos Related project: Research Unit on Health in Situations of Fragility |
A Live Tool to Guide the Implementation and Evaluation of Tuberculosis Infection Prevention and Control Ms Gimenne Zwama, Dr Karin Diaconu, Dr Karina Kielmann Related project: Umoya ohmule |
Examining the involvement of key global actors in NCD response in low and middle income countries Dr Kanykey Jailobaeva, Ms Jennifer Falconer, Ms Giulia Loffreda, Dr Stella Arakelyan Related project: Research Unit on Health in Situations of Fragility |
Integration of TB services within general hospital in China: clinical accountability compromised? Dr Guanyang Zou |
25th November, 09.00-11.00 GMT Using participatory group model building methods for mapping, modelling and re-designing systems for health Prof Alastair Ager, Dr Karin Diaconu, Ms Zeina Jamal, Ms Aya Noubani Related project: Research Unit on Health in Situations of Fragility |
9th December, 15.00-17.00 GMT Doing Political Economy Analysis for health systems: challenges and approaches to ensure relevance and policy uptake Dr Maria Bertone, Ms Giulia Loffreda, Mr Ibrahim Bou-Orm Related project: Research Unit on Health in Situations of Fragility |