Country pathways to 2050: shaping the future, not waiting for it, . The governance decisions shaping AI's role in the health workforce, she warned, are being made now, often, a thinly stretched workforce. "We don't want to shift from primary health care," he said, lifetime, he noted. "How much has the way we receive health care changed in my lifetime?" he asked, get it, then you often wait an indeterminate length of time to be seen." That model, he argued, Scientist at WHO, drew the threads together. "The future will not unfold in a uniform way," she said. Two
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/27-05-2026-country-pathways-to-2050-shaping-the-future-not-waiting-for-itDigital health wallets must be owned and trusted by people, for Health Systems, described that digital health wallets “hold the promise of a portable, trusted, panellists showed that person-centred digital health wallets are already delivering at scale. In Kenya, the national wallet is called Afya Yangu – “Afya” means health, “Yangu” means mine. Eng. Antony, frameworks that span many sectors. “We are not trying to align anyone,” he said. “We want to allow, of the partnership’s purpose: “A digital health wallet is not just a container for past records. It
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/21-05-2026-digital-health-wallets-must-be-owned-and-trusted-by-peopleDigital health wallets for better continuity of care, implement interoperable digital health wallets. It will bring together ministries of health, digital
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/events/item/2026/05/17/default-calendar/digital-health-wallets-for-better-continuity-of-careFive ways health policy and systems research is strengthening vaccine uptake, are spotlighting five ways the Alliance, and the research projects we support, are contributing to increased, and institutionalized catch-up vaccination in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The five
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/24-04-2026-five-ways-health-policy-and-systems-research-is-strengthening-vaccine-uptakeUnderstanding the best way to frame, expand and accelerate the implementation of health taxes, the tobacco industry’s cost–benefit assessments by making an argument in favor of taxes as a way
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/24-10-2023-understanding-the-best-way-to-frame-expand-and-accelerate-the-implementation-of-health-taxesStatus of national household water treatment and safe storage policies in selected countries
https://fctc.who.int/resources/publications/i/item/WHO-HSE-WSH-12.07. Africa has an opportunity to lead in its own way, the group concluded, shaping the future it wants, of the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme warned against treating it as a technical fix, since it, interventions at an institutional level?" Professor Rhoda Wanyenze of Makerere University School
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/09-07-2026-seizing-power-health-policy-and-systems-research-at-the-world-health-summit-regional-meeting-2026-in-nairobi’s gathering. It kicked off on Sunday, 22 May, with the Walk the Talk event. Dr Abdul Ghaffar, the Executive Director of the Alliance, walked the three kilometers around Geneva with WHO Director, Abdul Ghaffar from the Alliance stressed that embedding implementation research into ways of working
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/27-05-2022-the-alliance-at-the-75th-world-health-assemblyhad struggled during COVID‑19 and how they could be strengthened. The research was a way to surface, our skills and knowledge are fully used. We want a mechanism that can pull in focal points from, Acting Head of Health Protection, Fiji CDC Watch the Fiji film → Singapore’s approach, One Health network had already spent years building warm working relationships across government, and articulate the way in which evidence has informed decisions. A television camera and lighting
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/14-05-2026-how-countries-are-rethinking-their-national-public-health-agencieswhat was occurring in these LGAs and to try to find ways of improving vaccination coverage rates, Institute in the Netherlands (KIT) proposed an investigation of the issue in two wards in Remo North, access to and use of immunization services in these wards. The research project was embedded into the National Programme on Immunization in these focal wards and received funding and support from, and ways to minimize AEFI. The embedded research project helped bring together key stakeholders
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/01-09-2019-nigeria-increasing-immunization-coverage-through-embedded-implementation-research-in-ogun-stateand health systems. This historical lens explored how key moments – like the world wars, modern travel, requiring enormous electricity and water resources. The group agreed that the future of AI in health systems, many attacks on health facilities since the Second World War,” Dr Joanne Liu, Professor at McGill, justice. Dr Ramya Kumar, Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of Washington but currently, that this work can inform the crucial choices to move health systems towards the futures we want
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/01-12-2025-exploring-the-future-of-health-systems-alliance-convenes-hs2050-expert-meeting-in-accraphysician in northern Cameroon. How did those early experiences shape the way you think about health, old, I already wanted to become a doctor. When I finished medical school, I believed that public, completely. I realized I wanted to work at the level of prevention – at the first step before people, vaccinating only girls?” Scientifically, the policy made sense. But communities also wanted fairness, are being missed. We also wanted to diversify the voices involved in immunization research. Traditionally
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/20-05-2026-the-alliance-lift-dr-shalom-ndoula-in-conversation-with-dr-daniela-rodríguezand the networks I was part of. I worked on a project led by Professor Peter Waiswa that aimed, and theories right. It goes two ways: you can either get lost in your own methods or the methods can lose you along the way. The other teams that we met in Ethiopia had interesting approaches, and it, . How has your earlier journey shaped the way you work today? My work now revolves around teaching, . In the past, we relied on each other – you’d ask another human when you hit a wall. Now, artificial
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/07-07-2025-the-alliance-lift-an-interview-with-dr-eric-ssegujjamulti-year initiative, Better ways of knowing. Co-led by the Alliance and the Washington University, these insights and learning to help shape and create better ways of knowing reframing efforts to develop clearer, – not only in formal research. This initiative advances practical ways to value, combine and apply, Professor at Washington University School of Public Health, Dr Salma Abdalla summarized the challenge
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/31-03-2026-better-questions-better-health-rethinking-research-systems-of-knowledge-productionand the patients. The way they handled obstacles, especially cultural barriers and limited access to good care, and hepatitis B in Indigenous communities. People in the health sector didn’t want me to talk about, to broader health systems research? I wanted to do more. I saw how Indigenous people weren’t being, , national and local levels. Q: How has your academic and professional journey has influenced the way, that again in the Amazon. Also, the way Indigenous communities care for animals – it’s very different from
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/17-06-2025-the-alliance-lift-an-interview-with-dr-carol-zavaleta-cortijoSystem thinking is described as a way of seeing; an approach towards problem-solving that considers problems in the context of the wider system and places an emphasis on the interdependencies across systems components, instead of focusing on individual components on their own. It is applied, and systems research was coming out, my interest was piqued. But I wasn’t sure if I was part of that tribe, suppose in a way, Stephen’s and my journey through trying to understand this a little bit for ourselves
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/29-07-2021-seeing-the-full-picture-a-special-podcast-series. Health because I have always been drawn to the health sector and wanted to have an impact. Curiosity because I was interested in the lives of my patients beyond the hospital walls – understanding what really drives sickness and illness. Growth because I have always wanted to keep building my skills, vaccination in different ways. Q: Co-creation is central to your work. What does that mean in practice
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/26-01-2026-the-alliance-lift-dr-katherine-ann-reyes-in-conversation-with-mr-jeffrey-knezovichof the day, though, the way she navigates these murky waters, her polestar is science. The event, in Thailand, urged academics to step down from their so-called ivory tower and find ways, and not just on publishing research in high-impact journals. The way forward As part of the panel discussion
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/05-06-2024-insights-on-impact-key-takeaways-from-a-recent-eventand examining together and potentially warranting replication across Europe. On the road to HSR2026, is a driver of peace and sustainable development. War and conflict may lead to the disruption of health
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/events/item/2025/10/12/default-calendar/the-alliance-at-the-world-health-summitwitnessed firsthand in hospital wards that couldn’t be solved by medicine alone. In this interview, also, settings in Africa. I was in the paediatric wards, seeing these little babies, small kids suffering – and most of the time, it wasn’t only medical care that they needed. There were other factors, to translate it in a way that is understandable to policy-makers, but also to communities, to have a better, by shifting the way we frame it and give more leadership to local researchers, local policy-makers
https://ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/item/28-10-2025-the-alliance-lift-dr-rachidatou-compaoré-in-conversation-with-ms-idil-shekh-mohamed