Over the past 25 years, the field of health policy and systems research (HPSR) has emerged as a cornerstone of strong health systems, enabling healthy populations, ensuring health security and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Reflecting on the research and learning agenda required to implement the decisions made by countries at the three 2023 UN High Level Meetings on universal health coverage, pandemic preparedness and response, and tuberculosis, this seminar will provide an overview of the progress made in the field of HPSR, the key challenges it should address to contribute to priority global health targets, and opportunities for its growth and development. This is the sixth in a series of events coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, and is hosted by the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Washington, DC.
Programme director
- Gail Andrews, Health Attaché, Embassy of South Africa in Washington, DC
Speakers
- Ismail Esau, Chargé d’affaires, Embassy of South Africa in Washington, DC
- John Nkengasong (TBC), Ambassador-at-Large, US Global AIDS Coordinator and Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy, US Department of State
- Loyce Pace, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, US Department of Health and Human Services
- Han Kang, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID
- Sara Bennett, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Adnan Hyder, Chair of Health Systems Global and Senior Associate Dean for Research, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
- Kumanan Rasanathan, Executive Director, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, WHO
More speakers will be added as they are confirmed.
Please note that this event will NOT be livestreamed.