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Building stronger, fairer health systems grounded in local priorities, aligned with global goals.

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See how our five priorities are shaping research and partnerships across three functions.

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Our explainer on how health policy and systems research supports better decisions and stronger health systems.

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Annual report 2024

The Alliance supported 68 grants across 17 projects in 43 countries and territories. This year’s report focuses on how this work are having an impact, looking at how the Alliance projects are contributing to change across five dimensions.

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Free online courses on key topics in health policy and systems research. Gain new skills with content developed by the Alliance and earn certificates online.

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2 December 2025

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The Alliance Lift: Dr Racha Fadlallah in conversation with Mr Jeffrey Knezovich

28 October 2025

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The Alliance Lift: Dr Rachidatou Compaoré in conversation with Ms Idil Shekh Mohamed

18 September 2025

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The Alliance Lift – Dr John-Arne Røttingen in conversation with Dr Kumanan Rasanathan

News

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5 December 2025

News release

Honouring Professor Dame Anne Mills and her lasting contributions to the Alliance and the field of HPSR

1 December 2025

News release

Exploring the future of health systems: Alliance convenes HS2050 expert meeting in Accra

28 November 2025

News release

A moment for reflective practice: Thinker in Residence informs Alliance work

20 November 2025

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Ghana’s health reform momentum on display as Alliance meets national leaders and researchers

6 November 2025

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Responsible use of AI for health policy and systems research

Programmes and projects

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Case studies of Big Catch-Up immunization in low- and middle-income countries

Persistent challenges, compounded by setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic, have left millions of children under-immunized. This project looks at Big Catch-Up activities in five co ...

Partnerships for stronger knowledge systems in Africa (KNOSA)

In many countries, research evidence is insufficiently used and disconnected from policy-making. Recent literature shows that the dominant paradigms of knowledge translation, integ ...

Health policy and systems research to improve vaccine uptake in low- and middle-income countries

The agenda on improving vaccine uptake is not new. Yet, persistent and emerging challenges threaten the significant public health gains that vaccination has made over decades. Sp ...

Primary health care case studies in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Since 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has showcased the importance of primary health care (PHC) and revealed health system strengths as well as weaknesses. As a defining global and nat ...

Events

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The Alliance at the World Health Summit

12 – 14 October 2025

The Alliance at the International Conference on Primary Health Care (ICPHC)

7 – 9 October 2025

WEBINAR: The state of health policy and systems research: priorities, methods and impact

29 September 2025 13:00 – 14:30 CET

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