CHEPSAA final networking meeting: Setting the scene & framing the meeting
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This document provides an overview and introduction to the CHEPSAA Africa networking meeting. It discusses the objectives of the meeting which are to share CHEPSAA's experience and work, identify lessons for strengthening the health policy and systems research field in Africa, and consider next steps. It provides background on CHEPSAA including its goal of extending sustainable African capacity in health policy and systems research. It outlines CHEPSAA's activities and expected impacts, including strengthening educational capacity, research capacity, and networking in Africa. It discusses CHEPSAA's target audiences and underlying principles such as its focus on developing interlocking sets of people, organizations, and networks to build sustainable capacity in the field.
CHEPSAA final networking meeting: Setting the scene & framing the meeting
- 1. CHEPSAA Africa networking meeting Setting the scene & framing the day Lucy Gilson & Nonhlanhla Nxumalo 27 January 2015 www.hpsa-africa.org @hpsa_africa www.slideshare.net/hpsa_africa
- 4. Welcome • CHEPSAA organisational partners • CHEPSAA Emerging Leaders • Interested African & Asian colleagues
- 5. Meeting Objectives • Share and reflect on CHEPSAA’s experience and work • Identify lessons for HPSR+A field- building • Consider own next steps
- 6. Structure • Tuesday: – overview of CHEPSAA’s activities • Wednesday: – reflection on four key areas of CHEPSAA experience, & ‘open space’ discussion • Thursday: – field-building lessons and future activities
- 8. Why did we come together? (1) • An existing African partnership, already doing & teaching in HPSA field • A supportive set of European partners with varying, relevant networks
- 9. 2003-2008: Equinet mentoring + small grants programme 2005-7 Developing HEPAA 2008-2010 HEPAA kick start 2011-15 CHEPSAA Our history
- 10. Why did we come together? (2) • HPSA (&R) recognised regionally & internationally as important • In Africa, – weak supply: few bodies on the ground & few training opportunities – weak demand: policy makers & managers not research or evidence sensitive or dis-trustful; advocacy & CSO in field limited • Need to build sustained capacity (supply and demand) within Africa
- 12. CHEPSAA goal To extend sustainable African capacity to produce and use high quality health policy and systems research, by harnessing synergies among a Consortium of African and European universities with relevant expertise.
- 13. By 2016, CHEPSAA will be • The go to ‘place’ for HPSR+A in Africa • High quality teaching materials, training programmes and people who use them
- 15. Main intended African capacity impacts • Education/Teaching – Strengthened educational capacity – Improved teaching of HPSR • HPS Research – Strengthened capacity to conduct HPSR – Advancement of HPSR as a field • Networking and GRIPP – Improved partnerships amongst and between partners – New / improved links with other networks – Improved relationships with key stakeholders – Innovative GRIPP strategies – Improved role of HPSR
- 16. European impacts • Better understanding of the main capacity development needs, and approaches to meeting these in African academic organisations • More opportunities for collaborative research with and between European & African partners
- 18. Ghana, May 2011
- 19. Expectations
- 20. CHEPSAA target audiences • Research organisations – Universities – Other groups • NGOs • System decision & ‘policy makers’ = ‘national’ stewards – Facility level managers, district managers, programme managers, regional/provincial managers, national managers & critical politicians • With responsibilities within any of the system building blocks
- 21. Underpinning principles (1) HPSR >> HPSA >> HPSR+A
- 22. Scope of HPSR+A Health Policy Content & Instruments Actors, Power & Politics Institutions, Interests & Ideas Health Systems Hardware: structure, technology, resourcing Software Tangible: structures, processes, systems Intangible: relationships, communication, values & norms Policy Change & Health System Development Global & National forces
- 23. CHEPSAA’s added value • Putting together policy analysis & systems thinking to – understand the nature of health policies and systems – support deeper investigation into policy implementation gaps – provide a platform for action to strengthen health systems
- 24. Underpinning principles (2) Developing capacity as: interlocking sets of people, organisations & networks/systems
- 25. Underpinning principles (3) • Educational programmes & practice • Sustainability through ideas & networks
- 26. Underpinning principles (4) Emergent ‘design’: Developing activities over time in ways that respond to & support existing activities & relationships, and new opportunities
- 28. CHEPSAA
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- 30. The CHEPSAA partners University of Dar Es Salaam Institute of Development Studies University of the Witwatersrand Centre for Health Policy University of Ghana School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy, Planning and Management University of Leeds Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development University of Nigeria Enugu Health Policy Research Group & the Department of Health Administration and Management London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Health Economics and Systems Analysis Group, Depart of Global Health & Dev. Great Lakes University of Kisumu Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development Karolinska Institutet Health Systems and Policy Group, Department of Public Health Sciences University of Cape Town Health Policy and Systems Programme, Health Economics Unit Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Health Systems Research Group University of the Western Cape School of Public Health