Over the last two and a half years, the Alliance-funded Systems Thinking for Strengthening District Health Systems (ST-DHS) initiative has been working with researchers and district health management teams in Timor-Leste, Botswana and Pakistan to apply systems thinking tools and practices to strengthen local health systems.
The ST-DHS hypothesized that:
- providing district managers with useable systems thinking tools and methods;
- facilitating a change in mindset towards a systems approach; and
- embedding reflective practice in managers’ planning and budgeting cycles would not only shape the way district managers understand and intervene in their local health systems, but could also support sustainable change.
Country teams were supported throughout by experts at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (SwissTPH).
This webinar shared lessons learned from all three countries, reflections from the evaluation, and the launch of a systems thinking ‘toolkit’.
Agenda
Thursday 7 July 2022, 10:30-12:00 (CEST)
- Welcome and overview
- Dr Aku Kwamie, Technical Officer, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
- Country presentations
- Dr Shamsa Zafar, Child Advocacy International
- Ms Ellen Mokalake, Institute of Development Management, Botswana
- Mr Antonio Bonito, WHO Country Office, Timor-Leste
- ST-DHS evaluation framework and launch of the Systems Thinking Toolkit (STPH)
- Dr Daniel Cobos, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
- Ms Carmen Sant Fruchtman, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
- Ms Jenna Thelen, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
- Decision-maker reflections
- Dr Zaeem Zia, District Health Officer, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
- Dr Onalenna Seitio- Kgokgwe, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Botswana
- Mr Narciso Fernandes, Director of Cabinet, Policy, Planning and Cooperation Ministry of Health, Timor-Leste
- Panelist roundtable/audience Q&A
- Closing remarks
- Dr Abdul Ghaffar, Executive Director, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research