Flagship reports
Stimulating thinking and debate on emerging gaps and challenges in strengthening health systems
The Alliance is recognized around the world for its flagship reports, which focus on relevant and cutting-edge topics that position it ahead of the field.
The flagship reports address questions that confront policy-makers, researchers, implementers, and other practitioners. They are a key instrument in promoting ideas that address current gaps or challenges, and in stimulating thinking and debate on priority topics identified by stakeholders in the field.
1 November 2022
Systems for health: everyone has a role
The boundaries of what constitutes health systems are expanding. Health systems need to be reimagined as systems for health that create both healthy populations...
6 September 2021
Learning health systems: pathways to progress
Learning – at individual, team, organization and cross-organization levels – is fundamental to health systems strengthening and the achievement...
13 July 2018
World Report on Health Policy and Systems Research
The report describes the evolution of the field and provides figures on the number of publications produced, funding trends and institutional capacity...
17 November 2016
Open Mindsets: Participatory Leadership for Health
17 November 2016 - Vancouver - The Alliance launched its biannual Flagship Report "Open Mindsets: Participatory Leadership for Health" on 17 November,...
15 July 2014
Medicines in health systems
Medicines in Health Systems: Advancing access, affordability and appropriate use employs a health systems approach to provide an analysis of essential...
15 July 2012
WHO Strategy on Health Policy and Systems Research
The WHO Strategy on Health Policy and Systems Research, Changing Mindsets, advocates for greater generation and use of research evidence in health policy...
13 November 2009
Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening
Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening offers a practical approach to strengthening health systems through a "systems thinking" lens. The Report...
15 July 2007
Sound choices
Sound Choices: Enhancing Capacity for Evidence-Informed Health Policy explores capacity issues underlying different aspects of the relationship between...
1 June 2004
Strengthening health systems
Strengthening Health Systems: The role and promise of health policy and systems research employs case studies to illustrate how health systems research...
1 June 2005
Make it happen
In his acceptance speech on his appointment as the new Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr J.W. Lee said: “Now is the time to...