ReBUILD at HSR 2024 – Thursday 21st November

Towards building a resilient health system: Insights from embedded learning site research in Nepal’s decentralized context

Read the presentation slides here.

Shophika Regmi of HERD International presented her oral presentation in the session Innovative Learning Practices for Effective Health Policymaking.

The 2015 decentralization reform in Nepal transferred political, administrative and fiscal authority and responsibilities to local governments, including responsibility for delivering basic health services. However, devolution has been challenging due to capacity gaps at subnational levels, limiting the ability to effectively plan, prioritize, and implement equitable and responsive health programmes and budget. Poor accountability and monitoring mechanism, limited decision space, political interference, and inadequate coordination have further hindered long-term health sector progress. This study emphasizes the importance of, and shares learnings from, embedded participatory action research in strengthening health system resilience and addressing justice and inclusion in fragile contexts.

There’s more on our Nepal learning site work here.

Gender MeetUp

ReBUILD for Resilience, the Johns Hopkins Summer Institute in Gender and Health and BRAC University JPG School of Public Health hosted a MeetUp – an informal event that takes place outside the hustle and bustle of the conference and provides an opportunity for like-minded delegates to get together, relax, chat and make new friends. The MeetUp was for people who use gender analysis in their work on health systems and also for those who would like to, but just don’t know where to start.

Poster presentations

• Including and engaging disabled participants in research: experience and reflections from Myanmar – T La, Myanmar – Read it here
• Access to care for mental health: understanding health seeking behaviours and service delivery preferences of young people in fragile and conflict setting – Theint Theint Maung Aye, Burnet Institute, Myanmar
• Empowering female Syrian refugee health workers: Advocating for inclusion and justice in Lebanon’s health system – Rouham Yamout, American University of Beirut, Lebanon – Read it here
• Using Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) for data collection in a fragile and conflict-affected setting: lessons learned from our experience in Myanmar – T La, Myanmar – Read it here
• Transforming healthcare governance: Advancing justice, inclusion, belonging and resilience through a Municipal Health Committee in Majdal Anjar – Fouad Fouad, American University of Beirut, Lebanon –  Read it here

ReBUILD for Resilience sessions

• Monday 18th November
• Tuesday 19th November
• Wednesday 20th November
• Thursday 21st November
• Friday 22nd November

Find sessions linked to ReBUILD members and our areas of study here.